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Volume 4

Volume Overview

Volume 4 provides complete coverage of the Pebble Beach Road Race events held from 1950 to 1956. The analysis not only includes comprehensive race reports but also easy to read tables showing the complete finishing order for each race. There is also text devoted to the social activities that surrounded each of the seven race/concours weekends.

An especially exciting feature of this book is that the author has made movie footage of many of the Pebble Beach races available to the reader. Wherever a QR Code is located on a race results table in Volume 4, the reader can view movie footage of that race by using a smartphone.

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Features

  • Four volume set, numbered and signed by the author
  • 1,750 pages with more than 300,000 words of engaging text
  • More than 1,500 sublime historic photographs, each one spot gloss varnished
  • 180 tables containing robust data, including a complete roster of all drivers that competed at Pebble Beach
  • Top-quality arthouse printing and paper
  • Fold-flat durable binding for each volume
  • Beautiful and sturdy slipcase to house all four volumes
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Race car event schedule with driver names, car numbers, and class finishes.

Watch Original Pebble Beach Road Races

One of the most unique features of Heroes of the Forest is the use of QR Codes in Volume 4: The Races. Utilizing a smart phone in concert with QR Codes printed in the book, the reader is able to watch archival footage of many of the original Pebble Beach races.

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  • Historical black and white photo of a race car with people around, transitioning to text about automobile racing history.
  • Vintage black and white photograph of an early automotive race with spectators and cars on a track.
  • Historical document with black and white photo of three men and text about Hoffman Motor Car Co.
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  • Chronological roster of Ferrari entries and results at the Pebble Beach Road Race on a white background.
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  • Magazine layout with vintage car on a track and text about American specials racing at Pebble Beach.
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  • Two pages from a Del Monte Trophy event entry and results document with a QR code on the bottom right.
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Heroes of the Forest: The Complete History of the Pebble Beach Road Race

Heroes of the Forest: The Complete History of the Pebble Beach Road Race

Heroes of the Forest is a four-volume book set that passionately tells the story of the Pebble Beach Road Race, which was contested from 1950 through 1956 over the winding roads of the Del Monte Forest. The events were exciting and dangerous, and they launched the careers of many of America’s top drivers. Authored by automotive enthusiast, collector, racer, researcher, and journalist Mark R. Brinker, this engaging and entertaining book set chronicles the Pebble Beach races, competitors, and cars with a depth and detail never before assembled in a single work.

Only 1,000 signed and numbered book sets will be produced. Secure your copy today before they're gone.

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Inside Volume 4

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"The quality of the research, writing, and final product is simply epic. I just can’t put down this entertaining and revealing four-volume set. These books are a must have!"

Bruce Meyer | Founding Chairman, Petersen Automotive Museum

Additional Praise

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"...The foundation of vintage racing on the West Coast is the Pebble Beach Road Race. Heroes of the Forest puts the importance of the Pebble Beach Road Race on bold display with a dazzling presentation of the people, cars, builders, organizers, and races. This four-volume book is simply incredible..."

Rob Walton

Enthusiast and Collector
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Heroes of the Forest is a breathtaking book for an epic racing event.

Jim Sitz

Automotive Historian and
Pebble Beach Road Race Attendee
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"...with Mark Brinker's brand-new detailed narrative, participant profiles, copious period photographs, meticulous race data, and charted results, Heroes of the Forest, in its nearly 1,700 pages, is far more than another big and handsome racing history. It is a living experience putting readers right into that time and place of this freshly compelling and definitive Pebble Beach Race story."

William Edgar

Senior Motorsport Journalist
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"...The first thing I totally admired about this “tome of tomes” is the size and layout of the photographs...The races are covered magnificently, and the book doesn’t stop there. So much coverage of the atmosphere around the races, which greatly adds to the flavor and makes you think you are actually there."

Allen R. Kuhn

Automotive Photographer
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Preview Vol. 1

The Story Begins

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Preview Vol. 2

The People

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Preview Vol. 3

The Cars