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Snakes & Devils
in the International and regional media
My Paper Singapore -
26th September 2008
Sunday Times
Singapore -
21st September 2008
CLASSICS - The
magazine of the Classic Car Club of Hong Kong -
Summer 2008
MotorSport UK -
October 2008
 
Silver Kris - SIA's in-flight magazine - September 2008
PEAK Singapore -
September 2008
 
FAST TRACK by Prestige Magazine -
August 2008
 
 
RECS - Singapore
Recreation Club - July, Aug, Sept 2008
Uniquely Singapore
Mediacorp's ARENA-
September 2008
 
New Straits Times
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
By Peggy Loh -
WHEN E.S. Luke, the MSVCR representative for the South region, saw me at
the Estate Run, he insisted that I meet Eli Solomon, vice president of
MSVCR and editor of its magazine.
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Eli with his 1969 Lancia Fulvia 1.3 Rally Sport. |
Luke informed me that Solomon had written a book, Snakes & Devils, on
the history of the Singapore Grand Prix, an event that enjoyed its peak
between 1961 and 1973. The book was launched last month.
Solomon introduced himself as a “sarong-wearing, spear-throwing native
of Singapore.” The 44-year-old investment banker had started his
research on motor sports in Malaya but with the F1 in Singapore this
year, he decided to focus on Singapore’s racing history instead.
His research took him to as far as Andorra in the northern hemisphere
and to Auckland in the southern hemisphere, and almost everywhere in
between.
For five years, he interviewed former drivers, sponsors and other key
people, garnering valuable materials including rare archive photos, film
footage and never-before published photos from private collections.
The pictorial format Snakes & Devils chronicles the 13 golden years of
Grand Prix racing in the republic, with an appendix of lap records and
race winners for all the different classes.
What did the title mean?
Solomon explained that in those days, Grand Prix races were not held in
racetracks but in the city streets. The challenging twists and often
dangerous turns at street corners thrilled spectators to bits and race
enthusiasts gave them exotic names that evoked exciting images of snakes
and devils!
For more info on Snakes & Devils, visit: www.snakes-devils.com and
www.currypotproductions.com
Note: Snakes & Devils - A History of the Singapore Grand
Prix is published by Marshall Cavendish and available at all quality
book stores in Singapore. It will also be available at select book
dealers in the UK and Australia.
Footnote: This event took place earlier
in the year and was marred by a horrific case of vandalism (given the
offensive word scratched on the car it certainly reeked of
ANTI-SEMITISM) aimed at the
Vice President and his Lancia, the result of which is that he has had to
take a firm stand on vandalism and remove himself from any association
with such a club.
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Mediacorp's THE LIVING ROOM 938Live!
(16th June 2008)
10.30am - 11am
Snakes & Devils
It's a chat with sharp hairpin turns at
dizzying speeds as Stanley chats with Eli
Solomon, author of a newly-released book 'Snakes
& Devils' that charts the history of the
Singapore Grand Prix of the 1960s and 70s.
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Snakes & Devils
in the Singapore media
The Straits Times, Singapore's mainstream paper, featured Snakes &
Devils in its Saturday 12th April 2008 edition (Life, Page 11), penned
by the paper's motoring expert Christopher Tan.
Historic motoring in the Singapore media
  
Snakes & Devils
in the Singapore media
ESPN's ENGINE BLOCK
supplement of 18th February carried an interview they had with author of
Snakes & Devils. The interview was conducted at the National Library of
Singapore during a display cum talk on the History of the Singapore
Grand Prix held at the library on 26th January 2008
Racing history in the Singapore media
Singapore's Automobile Association finally catches on and represents a
piece of history in its Highway Magazine, Mar/Apr 2008. Has the taboo
tag associated with racing and historic finally been buried?
Snakes & Devils
in the Singapore media
Singapore's Channel NewsAsia caught onto ESPN Engine Block's exclusive
on the history of the Singapore Grand Prix and decided to do a piece for
Singapore TV on 3rd March 2008.
Channel NewsAsia weblink
Racing history in the Malaysian media
The
Malaysian SUNDAY TIMES of 27th January 2008 featured doyen of Malayan
motorsports Saw Kim Thiat in a centre spread. Uncle Saw, 90 this year
(2008), was at the forefront of Malayan motorsports from the late 1940s,
often on bike and car. Let Malaysian motorsport expert Andrew Suresh
fill you in with the details below....
 
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