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Journeys With Gelignite Jack

Green, Evan, 1930-1996

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CARS Motoring –

1966 motorsport biography written by Australian journalist and rally driver Evan Green about the legendary larrikin racing driver Jack “Gelignite Jack” Murray.

  • John Eric “Jack” Murray (1907–1983), an Australian sportsman and racing driver famed for outback endurance racing.

  • The grueling REDEX Round Australia Reliability Trials held during the 1950s
    • The Nickname: Murray earned the moniker “Gelignite Jack” for his penchant for using sticks of gelignite to clear road obstacles or playfully announce his arrival and departure in outback towns. [1]

    • The Larrikin Spirit: The book highlights Murray’s famous humor and resilience, famously opening with his response to a competitor who stopped to check on him after he rolled his car in 1953—asking if they had a specific ring spanner (nine-sixteenths SAE) rather than expressing concern over the wreck. [1]

 

Additional Information

Author Green, Evan, 1930-1996
Number of pages228
PublisherRigby / Seal Books
Year Published1970
Binding Type

Softcover

Book Condition

Very Good (Used copy)

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