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The FIRST book on
the history of the Singapore Grand Prix
 
In the media
Only 150
pieces of the beautiful limited edition
Grand Carrera
TAG Heuer
watch will be produced for the
2008 Formula 1 Singtel
Singapore Grand Prix
night race. According to TAG Heuer the Grand
Carrera Calibre 8 RS Grande-Date GMT
(Singapore Limited Edition) will make it’s
debut with “Snakes
and Devils“,
a book by Eli Solomon, motorist enthusiast.
The book “Snakes and Devils” pays homage to
the history of the Singapore Grand Prix.
The TAG
Heuer limited edition Grand Carrera watch
will be available in a limited edition of an
all-black bezel, dial and indexes to reflect
the spirit of the night race. The TAG Heuer
watch has a Calibre RS automatic movement,
screw and polished beveling, COSC-certification,
curved facetted horns, curved sapphire
scratch resistant crystal, double
antireflective treatment, double sapphire
crystal case back, hand applied dial and TAG
Heuer logo, oversized screw in crown, sturdy
clasp with pushbuttons, and water resistance
up to 100 meters.
For an in
person look at this TAG Heuer limited
edition watch; you can see it at the
Racing Legends of Our
Time exhibition.
The event will be held until September 29th,
but hurry, half of the TAG Heuer watches are
already sold.
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Dancing with the Devil - by Steve Slater,
Motorsport UK, October 2008
 
SIA's in-flight magazine Silver
Kris - September 2008
Launches: Singapore Recreation Club
30th August featuring stand-in driver
Archibald C.S. Ramasamy;
Dinner Talk at the
Raffles Town Club 20th
September
Special Events: TAG Heuer's limited
edition Grand Carrera watch launch, 24th
September 2008
Photograph displays: Singapore Rare Books in
September
Talks/film presentation: Singapore Heritage Society 7th September;
Motor Racing Golf & Gala Dinner 25th
September
Exhibitions: Photos from Snakes &
Devils and from Lost Circuits of
Southeast Asia at Singapore Rare
Books, September
Book Launch at the Singapore Recreation
Club
Event Date:
Saturday, 30th August
Location:
Singapore Recreation Club
Event Time: 2.00pm to 3.00pm
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Talk at the National Library
of Singapore titled:
Grand Prix: The Upper Thomson
Road Prequel (1960s-1970s)
Event Date:
Saturday, 7th September
Location:
Multi-purpose Room, Central Lending
Library, National Library
Singapore
Event Time: 2.30pm to
4.00pm
The Singapore Grand Prix ran
from 1961-1973. The first event
was called the Orient Year Grand
Prix and held on a stretch of
Upper Thomson Road that
encompassed the Sembawang Hills
Circus and a section of Old
Upper Thomson Road. The
Singapore Grand Prix was by no
means a single-seater
procession, and included the
Saloon & Tourer, and Sports &
GT, car support races, along
with the highly popular races
for motorcycles. Based on his
book Snakes & Devils - A
History of the Singapore Grand
Prix, Mr. Eli Solomon
traces the turbulent history of
the Singapore Grand Prix through
his extensive research examining
documents and doing interviews
across three continents.
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The Singapore
Grand Prix ran from 1961 till 1973. The first event was
called the Orient Year Grand Prix and held on a stretch of
Upper Thomson Road that encompassed the Sembawang Hills
Circus and a section of Old Upper Thomson Road. The
Singapore Grand Prix s by no means single-seater procession
and included the Saloon & Tourer and Sports & GT car support
races along with the very popular races for Motorcycles. The
book chronicles the 13 golden years of Grand Prix racing in
Singapore with an appendix of lap records and race winners
for all the classes of racing.
Snakes & Devils traces the turbulent history of the
Singapore Grand Prix and tells the story in a highly
pictorial chronological format that is both entertaining and
engaging. Through extensive research and copious interviews
with drivers, sponsors and organisers across three
continents, author Eli Solomon has produced the
authoritative guide to the original Singapore Grand Prix.
Included in this volume are rare archival and private
photographs, many of which have never been published before.
The book includes forewords by three times World Formula 1
Champion, Sir Jack Brabham O.B.E, O.A., and the last
Singaporean to win the coveted Singapore Grand Prix, Rodney
Seow.
About the Author
Eli Solomon has spent a
lifetime, punctuated by a spell as an equity salesman in an
investment bank, in the company of good and bad cars. His
interests are varied, and his latest venture is into the
world of rare Southeast Asian books with the formation of
Singapore Rare Books and Asia Rare Books. He now spends equal
time between Hong Kong and Singapore.
His racing interests
include wringing the neck out of his single-seater Brabham
BT18 at historic motor sports events when he can afford to,
and rebuilding old race cars, including one that was entered
in the Singapore Grand Prix of 1971 and 1972. He has also
written a bibliography on Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles for
the National Library of Singapore, and a chronology of the
life of Colonel William Farquhar, first Resident of
Singapore, for Singapore Resource Library. Eli's latest book
is titled Lost Circuits of Southeast Asia, a history of the
sprints, hill climbs and circuits events that took place of
the course of the 20th century in Southeast Asia.
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