Go Este, Young Man
May, 2012
No one ever wrote about cars and speed with more poetry and panachethan the great Ken Purely, who scribed volumes in this magazine in the1960s while following the circus of motor racing from one exotic locale tothe next. To this day the Ken W. Purdy Award is the most coveted amongautomotive and racing writers. In The Grand Prix (May 1967), Purdy takesus inside a Formula One car during the sport's golden age, then moves usalong at terrific speeds. "The Grand Prix car is the ultimate expressi...
