Gelignite Jack Murray An Aussie Larriken Legend

At the mere mention of the name 'Gelignite' Jack Murray, any Australian from the Baby Boomer era or older can't help but to crack a smile. Murray was best known as the rally driver who in 1954 won the REDEX Round Australia Reliability Trial without the loss of a single point; but Jack's sporting interests and achievements were eclectic and far-ranging. In his own words, at different times throughout his life he was 'engaged in various sports with various successes': cycling; VFL schoolboy football; stock car racing; hill climbing motor races; circuit car racing; car endurance events; Australian and NSW Grand Prix racing; international and Australian rally driving; wrestling; boxing; crocodile, kangaroo, and buffalo hunting; ocean boat racing and waterskiing-to name most, but not all. Oh yes-Jack even raced a bathtub once, plug in. Jack Murray died in 1983. Encounters with those who met him, knew him and loved him now grow fewer and fewer, as the years pass and the Reliability Trials of the 1950s drift into Australian history and folklore. Jack's personal and nonpublic life, showing the man behind the derring-do, has never been fully explored or written about.

ISBN:	9781760794361
Publisher:	New Holland Publishers
Imprint:	New Holland Publishers
Published date:	04 Jul 2022
Language:	English
Number of pages:	376
Weight:	381g
Height:	210mm
Width:	133mm
Spine width:	28mm

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