New in the Soup Store: Julian Ryder's book 'MotoGP in Camera'. A large-format book shipped to your house for $34.00 plus shipping. image: thanks, motorfolks
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Soup columnist Julian Ryder's new MotoGP book is out and you can get a copy here for $34.00 plus shipping.

From the publisher:

In 2002 the premier class of motorcycle racing underwent the biggest change in its history. Out went technologically irrelevant Grand Prix 500cc two-strokes and in came MotoGP and 990cc four-strokes.

The new 'monsters', as Valentino Rossi called them, instantly overpowered every race and lap record on the calendar.

Halfway through the 2005 season it was announced that the following season would be the last for the 990s and from 2007 on the capacity limit would be 800cc.

MotoGP In Camera's Contents page.

This book is primarily a photographic record of the five years when these 'monsters' roamed the race tracks of the world.

The chapters on each year's racing include a short history of the season, a timeline, and of course pictures of the major players and significant events. These mini-histories are interspersed with chapters themed to reflect different aspects of the MotoGP World Championship from Danger,

Among the hundreds of pictures is this great image of Rossi in the rain.

illustrated not just by crash shots but also more subtle but just as scary images, to Places (looking at the tracks rather than the racing).

Our intention has been to use photographs that would not necessarily get printed in regular newspaper and magazine reports of the racing.

239 pages of dramatic images and with results from the 2002-06 seasons, MotoGP In Camera is a large 9x11 hardcover book.

While there is a sprinkling of straightforward action shots, especially in the chapters reporting the individual seasons, emphasis has been placed on the more unusual images, such as Valencia from the air, Japanese security guards forcing back overenthusiastic Rossi fans, or a close-up of a crashed Ducati's tank.

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