The impetus for his book came while Wimpffen was researching the history of historic sports cars such as Bruce McCaw’s 1955 Maserati 150S/20.
Photo: Casey Annis
The late, great automotive writer and author Dean Batchelor would be proud. Named as winner of the Motor Press Guild’s prestigious Dean Batchelor Award for 2000 was Dr. János (pronounced Yanosh) L. Wimpffen for his massive work, Time and Two Seats, an amazingly complete reference and history of the world sports car championships since 1953 (reviewed in the January 2000 VRJ). Over 2,300 pages long and spread across two thick volumes, Wimpffen’s epic may in fact be the motor racing book of the decade.
Tim Considine
Truth is, according to Wimpffen, it might never have happened if it weren’t for some well-known car collectors and vintage racers in the Seattle area.
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