János Wimpffen
János L. Wimpffen (born 1950s, Graz, Austria) is an American motorsport historian and writer of Austro-Hungarian origin who specialises in sportscar racing; he is best known for his 1999 debut book Time and Two Seats, which won multiple awards.
He is a personal historian of the car collection for Bruce McCaw of McCaw Cellular Communications.[1]
He subsequently published a series of picture books to accompany Time and Two Seats, despite being by a different publisher. Wimpffen currently resides in Seattle.
Works
[edit]- Time and Two Seats
- Open Roads & Front Engines
- Winged Sports Cars and Enduring Innovation
- Spyders & Silhouettes
- Monocoques & Ground Effects
References
[edit]- ↑ ""Time and Two Seats" by Janos L. Wimpffen". motorsportcollector.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
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