COMPETITION TIME!

How would you like to win an original print of the Nigel Bennett-designed legendary 1989 Penske Marlboro PC18-Chevrolet Indy Car? Author of Inspired to Design – F1 cars, Indycars & racing tyres, Nigel was one of Britain’s most successful racing car designers of the 80s and 90s.

Kindly donated to Veloce by Nigel, this A1-sized illustration by Tony Matthews is of the PC18, which was driven by the likes of Emerson Fittipaldi and Rick Mears, and was the dominant Indy Car from the 1989 season.
We are giving it away to one lucky winner!

To be in with a chance of winning this rare piece of automotive artwork, simply answer the following question:

Inspired to Design – F1 cars, Indycars & racing tyres by Nigel Bennett is packed with photos, designs & sketches like the image above. How many pictures are there in Nigel Bennett’s autobiography?

To give you a clue, the answer can be found on the book description page here.

Email your answer here. One lucky winner will be selected at random from all the correct entries on
31st March 2017.

In this unique autobiography, Nigel Bennett describes his life and career, from growing up influenced by car design, to his education, and the building of his ‘750 specials.’ He describes his work as Firestone Development Manager, recounting many tales of the outstanding designers and drivers of the period. Detailing his work in Formula 1, as a Team Lotus engineer, and then as Team Ensign designer, he also covers his Indycar designs at Theodore, Lola Cars, and Penske Cars. Life after his retirement, his involvement in boat design and with modern F1 teams, is also covered.

25-YEAR ANNIVERSARY COMPETITION WINNER

Thank you all for your entries to our 25-book giveaway, which we launched in September last year to coincide with the company's 25th anniversary. We had a great response with some superb entries, and as a thank you for all of the kind words and photos, we've decided to award prizes to 5 runners-up, each of whom will receive a £25 Veloce gift voucher.

And the winner is ...
Iain Gordon
Ian Gordon chose La Carrera Panamericana by Johnny Tipler as his favourite Veloce book.
Congratulations, Ian, We hope your prize gives you many months of happy reading!

"Amongst my many books, my favourite book from the Veloce stable is Johnny Tipler's wonderful weighty tome on La Carrera Panamericana. It's a truly wonderful book, packed full of information and excellent photography that brings this famous event alive and is surely the best guide book and inspiration for anyone considering entering or even just following the route of this incredible historic event.

I love how the book brings the event truly to life by covering not only all the competitors and their machines, but also capturing the very essence of the event with atmospheric photography of the area and its people and culture and the minutiae of daily life interspersed with an historic motor race. With the superb colour full-page photographs, I can almost hear the brass salsa bands jumping out of the page!" – Iain Gordon

Runners-up
Jack Shepherdson
Federico Lago
James Foreman
Sébastien Martin
Davide De Giorgi

"Choosing just one title for entry into your competition is extremely hard as I have long been impressed by the high quality, passion and knowledge of your company and the authors
you publish." – James Foreman

"I love your books because they are written so well!" – Federico Lago

"As far as a favorite ... each book fulfills a certain "need," I can't say I like the Bahama Speed Weeks more than the Mexican RR or the T40 more than the T46/50, for example. They're all great in their own way." – Ron Scoma

"I wish to congratulate you all on the amazing milestone of 25 years of publishing some of the greatest automotive books ever written." – Jack Shepherdson

From now on, any reader photo we feature in On the Grid will automatically win a £25 Veloce gift voucher.
Be imaginative, we want to see your pics; if we like it we'll use it here!

Thank you for joining us in celebrating our 25th anniversary.

THE BIGGEST VELOCE BOOK GIVEAWAY EVER!

To celebrate Veloce's 25th anniversary year in style, we're giving one lucky winner the chance to bag up to 25 Veloce books* of their choice up to a total value of £1000. We'll be announcing the winner at the beginning of 2017, so there's plenty of time to enter.

Entering the competition is easy. Let us know your favourite Veloce book from the past 25 years, or quite simply what you like best about Veloce books. Perhaps supply a photo or video with your favourite Veloce book ... email to prize@veloce.co.uk.

Additionally, you might like to spread the word about Veloce on Facebook or Twitter, and don't forget to use the hashtag: #velocebooks25

Remember to register your entry before 31 December 2016. We'll announce the winner in January 2017.

Spread the word about Veloce's anniversary, and you could be in with a chance of scooping the grand prize!

GOOD LUCK!

*One winner will be contacted via email or social media and given the chance to select up to 25 Veloce books, not exceeding a total RRP value of £1000, with no duplicate books, and excluding leatherbound editions, eBooks and apps. Competition closes 31 December 2016.

DRIVING IN EUROPE COMPETITION

With the winter nights drawing in, memories of those long summer drives across Europe in your favourite car are probably fading away ...

At Veloce, we'd like to help you to recall some of the highlights – and maybe the not-so-good moments – from your travels abroad. Share your experiences with us (either here in the blog comments on our Facebook page) and we'll send a fabulous prize book bundle* (worth over £40!) to the reader with the best story to tell.

Here are a few questions that might jog your memory ...

1. Which country in Europe have you most enjoyed driving in, and why?
2. What is your best memory of driving on the Continent?
3. Which country in Europe did you find it most difficult to drive in, and why?
4. What is your worst memory of driving on the Continent?
5. What do you most wish you had known before you made your trip?

We'll announce the winner and publish a selection of your anecdotes in the January 2015 edition of On the Grid.

*The prize book bundle consists of Roads with a view – England's greatest views and how to find them by road, A Drive on the Wild Side – Twenty extreme driving adventures from around the world & Mini Minor to Asia Minor – There & Back.

NAME THAT CAR

Can you name what this car outline spotted in Bridport, Dorset might be? We think it could be from the art deco 'Aero' car era. There's free copy of Art Deco and British Car Design – The Airline Cars of the 1930s by Barrie Down for the correct answer! Click here to enter.

COMPETITION TIME!

How would you like to win a truly unique, signed drawing by Graham Hull? Author of the recently-published book Inside the Rolls-Royce & Bentley Styling Department 1971-2001, Graham joined Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motors, Crewe, in 1971. He became chief stylist, responsible for both marques in the mid '80s, and was deeply involved in the spectacular rebirth of Bentley.

This completely original one-off A3 render of Graham Hull's 2014 personal concept artwork suggestion of how a modern, bespoke, luxury Coupé might look, was produced especially for Veloce last month, and we are giving it away to one lucky winner!

To be in with a chance of winning this exclusive piece of original automotive artwork, by an expert in his field, simply answer the following question:

Inside the Rolls-Royce & Bentley Styling Department 1971-2001 by Graham Hull is packed with photos, designs & sketches like the image above. How many pictures are there in Graham Hull's new Rolls-Royce & Bentley book?

To give you a clue, the answer can be found on the book description page here.

Email your answer to prize@veloce.co.uk. One lucky winner will be selected at random from all the correct entries on 30th April 2014.

WIN A VERY RARE FERRARI 288 GTO T SHIRT!

To coincide with the release of the eagerly-anticipated The Book of the Ferrari 288 GTO by Joe Sackey, we are offering Veloce readers a unique opportunity to win an extremely rare piece of Ferrari memorabilia. The design on the T-shirts marks an important event in 288 GTO history, when a world record number of the exotic supercar gathered for the 25th anniversary at Montery, California in 2009. Courtesy of Joe Sackey Classics, the premium quality T-shirts come in 2 different styles, and range in size from M-XL, and we have 5 to give away!*

To be in with a chance of winning, simply email prize@veloce.co.uk and answer this question:

How many Ferrari 288 GTOs were built?
To give you a clue, the answer can be found on the book info page here. Hurry! competition closes on Friday 15th November 2013.

*5 winners will be selected at random on 15th November 2013 and contacted via email. 1 T-shirt per person.

Over three years in the making, this book covers the background, conception, design, production and aftermath of the iconic Ferrari 288 GTO, including the prototypes, the early production cars, the mainstream production cars in their various specification guises, and the Evolution cars planned for the aborted Group B FIA race series.

The work features nearly 400 relevant photographs, from original production images to the cars as they are today, including the 1984 Geneva Salon where the car debuted, the first ever GTO Reunion in 1985, current salon and action images, right up to the 25th Anniversary Ferrari 288 GTO Reunion held in America in 2009. Also featured are the actual factory production approval sheets, as filed with the Italian government, in an illustrated technical drawing form, along with a chassis by chassis register of every 288 GTO built, including destroyed prototypes, production cars, and GTO Evoluziones – in fact all 284 cars ever built.

This book contains essential resources covering all aspects of the car, including archives, maintenance specialists, restoration specialists, worldwide clubs, parts sources, etc. A comprehensive, beautifully illustrated look at a unique sports car, and a must-have for true Ferrari fans.

Click here for more info about the book.

MINI MINOR TO ASIA MINOR CORGI MODEL AND CLASSIC CAR OF THE YEAR VOTING REQUEST

The Corgi model will be released before Christmas. More info here!

Nicola West, author of the forthcoming book Mini Minor to Asia Minor – There & Back (due 2012), has made it to the final 20 in the Classic Car of the Year competition with her Morris Mini Minor Deluxe 1961, the subject of the book.






Help Nicola get to the top 5 by voting for the car online and you'll get to see this very vehicle at the Classic Motor Show at Birmingham’s NEC on November 11-13th, complete with sand, jerry cans, and its many stickers!

VOTE NOW, and help name the Morris Mini Minor Classic Car of the Year 2011!

Forthcoming! Mini Minor to Asia Minor - There & Back
By Nicola Susanne West

This is the story of an independent trek in a 50-year-old Mini – all the way to the Great Pyramid and back – with no assistance or support crew, to provide much needed funds and publicity for the Willow Foundation.
Inspirational to others, the book includes practical advice on the car preparation and documentation required for such marathon drives, along with photographs of the Mini’s preparation and the amazing journey itself. More info.

COMPETITION TIME! MAY 2011

This month we have a three-book bundle to give away! All three of these books delve into the fascinating histories of great American cars in our Those were the days ... series.

To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to do is check out the series on our website and answer the following question:

Email prize@veloce.co.uk with your answer.

Competition closes midnight Sunday 22nd May 2011. A winner will be picked randomly after the closing date, who will receive all three books.

IDENTIFY THE MAKE & MODEL OF THIS VEHICLE

Competition time! This month we have one copy of Sleeping Beauties USA – Abandoned classic cars & trucks up for grabs.

To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to do is identify the make and model of the vehicle pictured below (an image taken from this fantastic book).

Email prize@veloce.co.uk with your answer.
Competition closes midnight Sunday 24th April 2011. A winner will be picked randomly after the closing date.

DECEMBER CAPTION COMPETITION WINNER!

In the December edition of our monthly eNewsletter On the Grid, we offered the chance to win a signed copy of The book of the Ducati 750SS ‘Round-case’ 1974. We asked you to come up with a caption to go with this picture taken from forthcoming Veloce book Off-Road Giants! – Heroes of 1960s Motorcycle Sport (Volume 2).


We had a look through all the entries and decided that the winner was the following:

"Think you used enough octane booster there, Butch?"

Congratulations to Lance Jerale for the caption, the Ducati book will be in the post to you shortly!

Coming soon in 2011!
Off-Road Giants! – Heroes of 1960s Motorcycle Sport (Volume 2)
By Andy Westlake

Personal interviews with some of the greats of off-road motorcycling from the 1950’, ’60s and ’70s, along with some stunning period photographs that paint a wonderful picture of what motorcycling was about in this golden era.
More info.

Be sure to sign up to On the Grid to find out about future monthly competitions!

VELOCETTE BOOK COMPETITION WINNER

Congratulations to Lanora from California (pictured below), the lucky winner of the prize copy of Velocette Motorcycles – MSS to Thruxton (New Third Edition) which was signed by the author, Rod Burris.
See Rod on YouTube!


Don't forget to sign-up to the monthly Veloce eNewsletter On the Grid, to find out about competitions, special offers and new book news!

WORLD CUP WINNER!

Last month we posed you all the following question, giving you the chance to win a copy of The Daily Mirror World Cup Rally 40 by Graham Robson:

What was Roger Clark reportedly asked to do at 14,000 feet as part of his altitude training for the London to Mexico Rally?

And the correct answer was:
Make love to local girl at 14,000 ft. Report back.

The alleged request came from Ford’s Stuart Turner, who wished to know the effects of lack of oxygen at altitude. Clark reported back with: "No girls at 14,000ft. So tried it 14 times at 1000ft. Will this do?"

Congratulations to Jon Thompson from Chertsey, Surrey, pictured here with his brand new copy. We hope you enjoy the read!

The Daily Mirror World Cup Rally 40 is available now.

ALTITUDE TRAINING FOR THE WORLD CUP

World Cup Rally book competition - closes 11th July 2010!


Many thanks to Anthony Howard for this great review of The Daily Mirror World Cup Rally 40 – The World’s Toughest Rally in Retrospect by Graham Robson in the Pattaya Mail.
Click here to read the review in full.

Lasting six weeks and covering 16,000 miles from London to Mexico City via some of the most varying, tortuous and difficult terrain on three continents, the 1970 World Cup Rally was a unique high-speed event. Attracting many serious works teams such as Ford and British Leyland, it was, and remains, the toughest rally of all time.


We have a copy of this book worth £35 to give away!

Just answer this simple question relating to Anthony's review.

What was Roger Clark reportedly asked to do at 14,000 feet as part of his altitude training for the London to Mexico Rally?

Please email your answers to worldcup@veloce.co.uk

Terms and conditions
• The competition will run from Friday 25th June and end at 12pm BST Sunday 11th July 2010 (The date of the Wold Cup final). A winner will be chosen at random.
• The prize itself is one copy of The Daily Mirror World Cup Rally 40 – The World’s Toughest Rally in Retrospect, worth £35 UK / $69.95 USA.
• Only one copy of The Daily Mirror World Cup Rally 40 – The World’s Toughest Rally in Retrospect will be available.
• The winner will be announced via email. You will then be required to provide us with postage details for us to send the book to you. If you fail to provide details within 7 days, the prize will be awarded to another entrant.

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SLEEPING BEAUTIES COMPETITION

Do you have any photos of old, abandoned cars, motorcycles, trucks, vans or buses? Well, we'd love to see them! Inspired by one of our forthcoming books, The Fate of The Sleeping Beauties by Ard op de Weegh, Kay Hottendorff and Arnoud op de Weegh, we've begun a fun, free-to-enter photo competition to help bring all those undercover beauties out into the light.

Get your entry to us now and we'll display it on our dedicated blog: velocesleepingbeauties.blogspot.com

Please send your entry photos to jk@veloce.co.uk, or by post to:
Sleeping Beauties, Veloce Publishing, Veloce House, Parkway Farm Business Park, Middle Farm Way, Poundbury, Dorchester, DT1 3AR ...

The winning entry will receive a free copy of The Fate of The Sleeping Beauties (worth £30) as soon as it is published in September 2010, and (assuming we get enough interesting and usable images) the best 12 entries will receive free copies of the Veloce Sleeping Beauties 2011 calendar, featuring their own entry as sleeping beauty of the month – and the overall winning entry will also feature on the calendar cover.

Please note, 'sleeping beauties' can take the form of anything automotive; cars, motorcycles, trucks, vans, buses ...

Good luck!