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 Flat Out, Flat Broke - Perry McCarthy
 Flat Out, Flat Broke - Perry McCarthy ... world's most expensive sport. This is his autobiography. Foreword by Damon Hill. Perry McCarthy does for Formula One what Bill Bryson did for travel writing. But beneath the black humor and wisecracks-funny enough to make you laugh out loud in public-lies an inspiring and at times poignant tale of the rarest kind of racer: one who never gave up and was, literally, prepared to die trying David Tremayne, The Independent on Sunday.Newest Review: ... 1. He experiences successes and failures, winning races and losing his home and obtains national press coverage early in ... more ... his career, but only thanks to a spectacular crash which left him with a broken back. But he never gives up on his dream.
McCarthy is clearly a bit of a nutter, but he’s a very likeable one. Despite a huge number of set backs, the book is written with a huge dollop of good humour. Even when things are going at their absolute worst, he recounts the tales with a twinkle in his eye that lets on that he was really having a good time. The whole story reads like he’s just dashed into the pub with a huge grin and sa...more |
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Flat Out, Flat Broke - Perry McCarthy: McCarthy's Car (828 words)
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Hands up if you ever wanted to be a racing driver when you were younger? Or even if you still harbour dreams of being one? I know I certainly did. It didn’t matter to me whether I was racing in rallying, Touring Cars or in Formula 1; I just wanted to be paid for driving very fast. There was a spell in my younger years where I even had a vague ambition of being a motorway policeman, for much the same reason. Perry McCarthy had the same dream. His childhood certainly prepared him for the world of being a racing driver, as he had a daredevil streak and an eye for the ladies, even at the age of six. But this would be as close as he came to fulfilling his ... Read the complete review
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