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REV Head
My life as a motoring tragic
Was it luck that gave me the chance to race at Bathurst? They say Luck is when Skill meets Opportunity. In my case Luck came when Not-Quite-Enough-Skill overshot the braking marker, speared off the track, and slammed into Opportunity while Opportunity was doing its best to get out of the way.
Shane Jacobson collects vehicles the way some people collect spoons, and has driven everything from rattletraps to racing cars, sedans to semis, forklifts to Ferraris, Fords, Holdens and everything in between.
In Rev Head , Shane puts his foot to the floor and takes us on a wild ride down the highways and byways of his motoring obsession. Deadly billycarts, drag racing in a Commodore station wagon packed with dental supplies, driving the world's rarest, strangest and fastest cars, competing at Bathurst, rallying and some spectacular crashes -- this fast-paced and often hilarious collection of motoring yarns will keep rev heads everywhere on the edge of their seats.
Was it luck that gave me the chance to race at Bathurst? They say Luck is when Skill meets Opportunity. In my case Luck came when Not-Quite-Enough-Skill overshot the braking marker, speared off the track, and slammed into Opportunity while Opportunity was doing its best to get out of the way.
Shane Jacobson collects vehicles the way some people collect spoons, and has driven everything from rattletraps to racing cars, sedans to semis, forklifts to Ferraris, Fords, Holdens and everything in between.
In Rev Head , Shane puts his foot to the floor and takes us on a wild ride down the highways and byways of his motoring obsession. Deadly billycarts, drag racing in a Commodore station wagon packed with dental supplies, driving the world's rarest, strangest and fastest cars, competing at Bathurst, rallying and some spectacular crashes -- this fast-paced and often hilarious collection of motoring yarns will keep rev heads everywhere on the edge of their seats.
240 pages, ebook
Published August 1, 2017
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June 3, 2020
I grew up with a dad who not-so-secretly thought he could be a race car driver. He loved engines, fixing them, driving them and watching others drive them very fast. So, of course, I loved them too and grew up driving with a little bit race car and learn tall the tricks to make temperamental machines do as they were told. My dad's been gone nearly 10 years and I'm a city dwelling bus catcher, but this book brought all those memories back. Just for a moment my dad lived again. Thanks Shane.
October 5, 2019
Shane captures the sheer passion of his love for all things motoring, and evokes memories of simpler times taking the reader back to the 70’s - from billy carts to classics, motorbikes and muscle cars, he covers them all. You don’t have to be a Rev Head to read this, but you just might finish wishing you were one of the crowd.
February 27, 2024
I think Shane is awesome and loved reading his story about his love of all things cars !
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