Nascar Racers: Today's Top Drivers

A behind-the-scenes look at the hard-driving elite of stock car racing, NASCAR Racers immerses readers in the action of the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup season from garage and pit road to finish line and winner's circle. Get the inside scoop on today's top stock car racers' the legendary veterans, the hot newcomers, and the Rookie of the Year. Here are stars like Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Kasey Kahne, Greg Biffle, Jamie McMurray, and Carl Edwards' in profiles that give the full story on each driver's career from his earliest racing efforts to the Nextel Cup; in year-by-year statistical tables; and in photos that capture the action on and off the track at America's greatest racing venues.

Nigel Kinrade has been photographing NASCAR racing since the early 1990s and is one of the most prolific shooters on the scene today. He is a regular contributor to Racer magazine and NASCAR Illustrated and has provided photography for several stock car books for MBI Publishing Company.