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Beast

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The Beast was once the nickname of a shocking new race engine unveiled for the 1994 Indianapolis 500. The massive effort to design and build it in a seemingly unimaginable timeframe is still hailed as probably the most herculean efforts and well-kept secrets in the history of the Indy 500. In the new book, Beast, bestselling creator Jade Gurss chronicles the subterfuge and debunks the myths about this legendary engine that persist twenty years on. 

Gurss interviewed key players involved in the race to undercover the story of how this engine powered the Penske PC23 chassis to probably the most talked-about Indy 500 races in history. The British race-engine experts at Ilmor Engineering offer detail about the design and manufacture of the engine. Roger Penske’s team reveals how the engine and car were tested and developed, and how Mercedes came to be involved in the project. The story unfolds as Roger Penske and the United Kingdom’s Ilmor Engineering play every card they possess to create an implausible race engine– even rare World War II fighter planes and supersonic jets roar into the heart of this high-tech tale. Drivers Al Unser Jr., Emerson Fittipaldi, and Paul Tracy provide details on the tense weeks leading up race day. The book reaches a suspenseful climax – at 240 miles per hour – at the 1994 Indy 500 no one can omit. 

Wrapped up in the drama and intrigue are real business and motivational lessons which made Roger Penske probably the most successful businessmen on the earth and that helped Ilmor and its cofounders, Mario Illien and the late Paul Morgan, design and manufacture Indy car and Formula 1 championship-winning engines. Beast is not only a will have to-read for sports and race fans, but a compelling narrative for many who enjoy genuine lessons in business and technology or thrilling mysteries based on actual events.

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