William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year

[GalwayBayBoy]

Crashed and Byrned is the William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year for 2008

Crashed and Byrned by Tommy Byrne with Mark Hughes has today been named the William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year for 2008 following a presentation in Dublin.

The book details the story of Tommy Byrne from Dundalk, and his controversial career in motorsport. From a poverty-stricken childhood in Dundalk to becoming the only racing driver that Ayrton Senna ever feared and how it all went wrong when he was so close to the top of world motorsport.

Byrne's tale is one of the great untold stories of Irish sport. He depicts his tough battle to the top and his spectacular fall from grace when for a brief period he was arguably the world's greatest driver. The book goes into every harrowing detail of Tommy's life from his fame in motorsport, to his drug problems, driving for a billionaire madman and working for gun-toting Mexicans in the 1990's.

Sounds like an interesting read. I have to say I'd never even heard of the man.