Irish Motorsport Annual 1978 – Derek Daly cover (Derek McMahon Racing F3 Chevron): A Tale of Two Dereks, Stanley Woods, Niki Lauda, Barry Sheene, David Kennedy, Kenneth Acheson, Gordon Bennett Race

Irish Motorsport Annual 1978 (cover price £1.50), edited by Michael O'Carroll. The cover features Derek Daly's Derek McMahon Racing Jim Beam Team Formula 3 Chevron, No. 4, on the grid, with the cover lines 'Ireland's only motorsport colour publication – cars, motorbikes, rallys, racing, trials'. Contents: A Tale of Two Dereks; The Centurions; Stanley Woods; Tarmac Rally Championship; Clonsilla Charioteers; The Grassmen; Irish Motorcycling Year; I.R.D.A. Championships 1977; Master McGinn; Championship Mania; Mondello – What Next?; The Great Adventure; From Formula One Down; Bernard Devaney; Formula One; Niki Lauda; The Trials Scene; The Gordon Bennett Race; M.C.U.I.; Sheene Stars Again; David Kennedy; At Dinner with the Halls; Dunlop/Sexton; Shellsport Rallies; Kenneth Acheson; International Rally Action; Fiat Clinch Rally Title; Park Parade; plus opinion columns on rallying, motorcycling and Mondello. In his editorial, dated December 1977, Michael O'Carroll salutes Derek Daly of Templeogue, Dublin, who won the 1977 British Formula 3 championship in Derek McMahon's Chevron, and Tom Herron, John Watson, David Kennedy, Joey Dunlop, Bernard Devaney, Billy Coleman, Conor McGinn and David Hall. Published by Olympic Press Ltd, Dublin; managing editor Fergal K. Herbert, editor Michael O'Carroll, design by Desmond Barry Associates; printed in Ireland. Approximately 124 pages, about A4, card covers, illustrated throughout in colour and black and white, with period advertising. THEMES: Irish motorsport, Derek Daly, Derek McMahon, Formula 3, Chevron, Mondello Park, Stanley Woods, Gordon Bennett race, Niki Lauda, Barry Sheene, Irish rallying, Fiat, motorcycle road racing, trials, 1977 season.

Author: Michael O'Carroll (ed.)

Publisher: Olympic Press

Publication Date: 1977

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good