Between 1953 and 1980 the Triumph competitions department produced more
than 150 'works' competition cars for race and rally. These included
TR2, TR3 and TR3A, the TR3S, TRS and Conrero race cars, Herald and
Vitesse, TR4, 2000, Spitfire and GT6R, 2.5 PI, Dolomite and Sprint, TR7
and TR7 V8. In addition they prepared Standard Eight, Ten, Pennant, and
Phase III Vanguard for competition. Viewed overall, what stands out as
the remarkable feature of the work of the department was that they
achieved such a degree of success with relatively ordinary production
cars, from 803cc saloons upwards. Author Graham Robson was manager of
the Standard-Triumph competitions department in the early 1960s and
himself supervised the development and management of the works TR4s,
Spitfires and 2000s. Here he provides information on each and every one
of the works cars of the whole 1953-80 period, with details of their
specifications, entries, drivers and careers, accompanied in nearly all
cases by archive photographs. In addition there is specially
commissioned colour photography of important surviving examples.