Synopsis
Sam Moses, a motorsports writer for Sports Illustrated, was assigned to go racing and write about what happened. Fast Guys, Rich Guys, and Idiots is a personal odyssey that peers over the cliff of change and into the pit of obsession. From small-time races to glittery grands prix, it lays bare the greed, lust, and desperation of every driver for time behind the wheel and a faster car. It explains the perfectionism behind taking a turn at the limit and describes the intoxicating thrill of stealing down the Daytona backstraight at nearly 200 miles an hour. The core of Moses' story takes place in the heartland of stock car racing, there he finds a spot on a team in Ether, North Carolina. The team's owner is a tough Louisiana oil man, its crew chief a lanky, laconic Texan, and its number-one driver a hairy-chested leadfoot who learned fast driving on backwoods Georgia roads, delivering beauty supplies in his Mustang. Crashes echo throughout the tale that follows, five of them the author's
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About the Author
Sam Moses was a staff writer for Sports Illustrated for seventeen years on the motorsports beat. He worked as deputy editor at AutoWeek and received automotive journalism’s prestigious Ken Purdy Award. He is the author of At All Costs: How a Crippled Ship and Two American Merchant Mariners Reversed the Tide of World War II.
Review
“A candid, often hilarious account of [Moses’s] experiences on the tracks, in the garages and in the gasoline alleys of the racing world—but especially memorable is the wild variety of characters Moses met along the way. The book might have been written twenty years ago, but racing is still populated by fast guys, rich guys, and idiots.”—Brock Yates, Wall Street Journal (Brock Yates Wall Street Journal 2006-11-18)
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Fast Guys, Rich Guys and Idiots : A Racing Odyssey on the Border of Obsession
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Fast Guys Rich Guys and Idiots a Racing Odyssey on Border of Obsession
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. SIGNED by the editor. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of covers and ends of spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery. Seller Inventory # 1855584897
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Fast Guys, Rich Guys and Idiots A Racing Odyssey on the Border of Obsession
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 338 pages; 1986 September Press HC 1st printing w/ complete 1-10 number line. Square, sound and clean; no marks. Solid and clean; lacking dust jacket but otherwise VG. Seller Inventory # 31641
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Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by September Press, Jamestown, RI. 1986. 352 pgs. Signed and inscribed by Sam Moses on the FFEP. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Sam Moses, a motorsports writer for Sports Illustrated, was assigned to go racing and write about what happened. Fast Guys, Rich Guys, and Idiots is a personal odyssey that peers over the cliff of change and into the pit of obsession. From small-time races to glittery grands prix, it lays bare the greed, lust, and desperation of every driver for time behind the wheel and a faster car. It explains the perfectionism behind taking a turn at the limit and describes the intoxicating thrill of stealing down the Daytona backstraight at nearly 200 miles an hour. The core of Moses' story takes place in the heartland of stock car racing, there he finds a spot on a team in Ether, North Carolina. The team's owner is a tough Louisiana oil man, its crew chief a lanky, laconic Texan, and its number-one driver a hairy-chested leadfoot who learned fast driving on backwoods Georgia roads, delivering beauty supplies in his Mustang. Crashes echo throughout the tale that follows, five of them the author's; 9.25 X 6.25 X 1.25 inches; 352 pages. Seller Inventory # 70904
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed by Sam Moses (author) on first page. First Edition Hardcover with dust jacket. Book is in very nice condition, text is unmarked and pages are tight. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 19302x