NASCAR Essential: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Real Fan! - Hardcover

Poole, David; McLaurin, Jim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1572439556 ISBN 13: 9781572439559

Publisher: Triumph Books, 2007

Synopsis

A one-stop record containing everything NASCAR fans want to know about stock car racing, this resource is packed with anecdotes, history, explanations of traditions, statistics, trivia, and photos.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

From its first champion, a decorated war hero named Red Byron, to its latest champion, Californian Jimmie Johnson, stock-car racing's history zooms past like a car screaming into Turn 1 at Talladega. Whether you've been following NASCAR for 20 years or you're just beginning to feel your heart race when the engines fire, NASCAR Essential takes you on a guided tour through that history.

You'll meet legends like the Flock brothers, Junior Johnson, and the sport's royal family, the Pettys. You'll see how the sport grew from regional curiosity to national phenomenon. From heroes like David Pearson, Darrell Waltrip, and Dale Earnhardt to today's brightest stars such as Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, and Dale Earnhardt Jr., you'll meet the men whose exploits make NASCAR's heritage so rich and colorful.

NASCAR Essential not only includes stories about the sport's greatest drivers and greatest moments, it also includes dozens of lists that illustrate the history and growth of stock car racing. Which drivers did best in the 1960s, the 1970s, and the 1980s? Which car owners have won the most races and money in the sport's history? Which tracks rank as the most significant in the sport's annals? This book answers those questions in ways that might start as many arguments between passionate race fans as it settles.

The book includes a list of every track on which NASCAR's top series has ever competed, as well as a roster of every driver who has either started 10 races or won at least once in what is now the Nextel Cup Series. For a true fan, as well as for those who just want to understand what all the fuss over stock-car racing is all about, NASCAR Essential is a must-read. So buckle up those seat belts, pull them down tight, and hang on to the wheel. The accelerator is the pedal on the right, and from the first page to the last, all you need to know how to do is hold it to the floor.

About the Author:

David Poole is a motorsports writer for the Charlotte Observer, traveling around the country more than 30 weekends a year to cover NASCAR's top series and teams. He has written NASCAR articles for a number of major magazines, appeared on ESPN, SPEED and on CBS, ABC, and NBC network news programs, and talked about stock car racing news and issues on dozens of radio stations nationwide. He is the author of several books on NASCAR. He lives in Gastonia, North Carolina. Jim McLaurin is an award-winning NASCAR journalist and a former motorsports writer for the State Newspaper. He has covered racing for four decades and is a two-time winner of the National Motorsports Association's George Cunningham Award and a recipient of the International Hot Rod Association’s Media Award. He is the author of NASCAR’s Most Wanted, The Top 10 Book of Outrageous Drivers, Wild Wrecks and Other Oddities and the coauthor of Taking Stock: Life in NASCAR’s Fast Lane.

About this edition

• Publisher: Triumph Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1572439556
• ISBN 13: 9781572439559
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224