ALLAN MOFFAT

One of Australian motor racing’s true legends, Canadian-born Moffat’s career went from the mid-1960s until the late 1980s and encompassed the true heyday of Aussie touring car racing, with ‘The Great Race’ at Bathurst its centrepiece. Moffat (with John Smailes) writes about his career in an honest style, detailing the successes he had, ranging from driving his all-conquering Trans Am Mustang to more than 100 victories, through to the brutal Ford versus Holden wars waged during the 1970s and 1980s at Bathurst. It’s not all about the good and bad times of Aussie motorsport, however; Moffat also recounts moving to this faraway land from Canada as a boy, weaving his own story in with the greater one that his career became. RRP: $40 Website: www.allenandunwin.com