FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

"Against All The Others:

Porsche’s Racing History, Volume 1 – 1968," by Randy Leffingwell, Available August 2024

BELLEVUE, Wash. (July 9, 2024) – David Bull Publishing will release "Against All The Others: Porsche's Racing History, Volume 1 - 1968," in August of 2024 – the first book in a multi-volume set written by author Randy Leffingwell, who is acknowledged as a top authority on the Porsche marque.

The remaining volumes will be offered beginning in 2025. The initial volume may be pre-ordered at https://www.bullpublishing.com/home/hqynsylgqdw66j1vhfthwwt7s553qt-leath-3ttyp-k8w5f-e3abb

Leffingwell starts the series by taking the reader through the challenges faced by the Porsche marque in motorsports, starting with the pivotal year of 1968.

By 1968, Porsche was well established in international competition, having won nearly every race and championship title at the time except the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 1968, Porsche initiated its no-holds-barred assault on its remaining goals with its 917. However, works and private teams also campaigned 911s in rallies, hillclimbs, and road races, and did the same with year-old 907s, two-year-old 910s, and brand-new 908s.

Company management under founder Ferry Porsche and motorsports direction under his nephew Ferdinand Piëch were not always in sync, nor was the nephew always fully forthcoming to his uncle and boss. And that is a big part of the story that "Against All The Others" tells. Sometimes those “others” occupied the office next door.

Subsequent volumes in the series – to be published beginning in 2025 – will lead readers through trials and triumphs until the end of 1974. Then the story takes a step back 100 years to 1875 for the birth of dynasty founder Ferdinand Porsche. When he was 24, in 1899, Ferdinand raced the first car he ever built, a battery-powered Lohner. Several volumes drive forward the history from electric cars to internal combustion, illuminating the forces that influenced Ferdinand's working practices and then formulated his son Ferry’s thinking.

About the Author:

Randy Leffingwell wrote and photographed his first book, "American Muscle," while still on staff at the Los Angeles Times. The book examined Times’ publisher Otis Chandler’s growing fascination with muscle cars. "American Muscle" published in September 1990 and the entire process fueled a love of book production that ultimately led Leffingwell to leave the Times in 1995. By then he had published "Porsche Legends," his first on the Porsche marque, and six other titles as well.

Since 1990, Leffingwell has authored more than 60 titles. Most of his projects are transportation-oriented. Over more than 30 years, these included a dozen titles on Porsche ranging from general overviews – most recently "Expect the Unexpected: Porsche 75 Years, "and "The Complete Book of 911 – Every Model Since 1964" – to deeper explorations in "Porsche Turbo" and "Porsche 911: 50 Years." During this time he has regularly traveled to Germany and has interviewed more than 200 engineers, stylists, racers, and managers.

While also tackling such diverse subjects as John Deere tractors, Harley-Davidson motorcycles, West Coast Lighthouses, Barns, and others, he admits he is almost addicted to the Porsche story. He is historical editor for 000 magazine and for Porsche Panorama. And for the past decade, he has been writing this encyclopedic history of Porsche’s motorsports.

Leffingwell lives in southern California.

About the Publisher:

David Bull Publishing is dedicated to the goal of producing the best books in motorsports. Founded in 1995, the company has consistently won praise from readers and the media for the editorial quality and presentation of its titles. 

The company’s first book, “Sebring: The Official History of America’s Great Sports Car Race,” was named Book of the Year by the American Auto Writing and Broadcasters Association. Every year since then David Bull Publishing has consistently received excellent reviews and won awards, including the prestigious Dean Batchelor Award, the Motor Press Guild’s Best Book Award, as well as several gold and silver medals from the Independent Book Publishers Association.

In 2018, Bull's groundbreaking biography "Enzo Ferrari: Power, Politics, and the Making of an Automotive Empire" was featured in the New York Times and other major media outlets. In 2015 Sam Posey's "Where The Writer Meets The Road" was named the Motor Press Guild’s Best Book.

Founder David Bull passed away from a long illness in 2021, and the DBP team has picked up the mantle. Titles for 2024 include: “Ferrari in America: Luigi Chinetti and the North American Racing Team,” by Michael Lynch with János L. Wimpffen; “On The Prowl: The Definitive History of the Walkinshaw Jaguar Sports Car Team,” by Neil Smith; Volumes IV (1980-1989) and V (1990-1999) of “Twice Around the Clock, The Yanks at Le Mans,” by Tim Considine and Randy Leffingwell’s “Against All the Others: Porsche’s Racing History, Volume 1 - 1968.” https://www.bullpublishing.com/.