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Revised and updated to coincide with NASCAR's 25th anniversary, "Fast as White Lightning" is a colorful panorama of stock car racing as it evolved from a recreational activity of moonshiners in the 1930s on improvised dirt tracks to its current status as one of the nation's most popular sports. 100 illustrations.
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Fast As White Lightning; The Story of Stock Car Racing
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The Dial Press, New York, 1981
ISBN 10: 0803782500
ISBN 13: 9780803782501
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 277 pages; 1981 The Dial Press. HC/DJ 1st edition, 1st printing. Snugly bound and neat in original color pictorial dust jacket. Trace shelf rubbing to jacket at spine ends and a whisper of toningg at spine. Contents bright and fresh; illustrated from b&w photos. VG++/VG++. Seller Inventory # 50159
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Fast as white lightning: The story of stock car racing
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New York, 1981; black cloth covered boards; white spine; mild shelf wear; illustrated jacket with mild wear; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; 277 pages. Seller Inventory # DE111
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Fast as white lightning: The story of stock car racing
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0803782500I3N00
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0803782500I3N00
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDED: VERY good or Better hardcover with VERY good dust jacket. Seller Inventory # ware769jlw1010
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Fast as white lightning: The story of stock car racing
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Condition: good. This book is in good condition. The cover has minor creases or bends. The binding is tight and pages are intact. Some pages may have writing or highlighting. Seller Inventory # BRV.0803782500.G
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Fast as White Lightning: The Story of Stock Car Racing
Published by
The Dial Press, 1981
ISBN 10: 0803782500
ISBN 13: 9780803782501
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by The Dial Press, 1981. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with very light spotting to page ends. Dust jacket is very good with shelf/edgewear and light spotting.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York. Seller Inventory # 401319
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. 8vo. Light mark to front board. Dw has light wear to extemities, small tear to lower rear corner. Book. Seller Inventory # 5005810
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Fast as White Lightning
Published by
Dial, N. Y., 1981
ISBN 10: 0803782500
ISBN 13: 9780803782501
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Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. B/W Photographs (illustrator). First (English). The sub-title is: `The Story of stock Car Racing'. Chapin interviews some of the racing greats such as Cale Yarborough, Dale Earnhardt, Richard Petty, and DeWayne Louis Lund. Visit such famous tracks as Illiana Speedway, Daytona Beach and Riverside. 267 pages of text plus 32 pages of b/w photos - both personalities and racing sequences. Learn about driver selection for a manufacturer's racing team. Cond: Black and cream boards with a white dust jacket over. Latter has a colour action racing photo. Book has VERY light gen. wear and NO specific flaws - NO names, no marks. D.J. is very lightly frayed at top and bottom edges and rubbed on front cover. Price clipped. LOT is tight, bright and clean. Quote (p. 159) : " Then there was the peculiar phenomenon known as cheating. . unimaginative. If a car didn't meet the minimum weight requirement, a simple solution was to fill up its tires with water before it was rolled, carefully, onto the scales. if a car was down on ." Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 000896
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Seller: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
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hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Seller Inventory # Q-0803782500