The Wildest Ride: A History of NASCAR (or how a bunch of good old boys built a billion dollar industry out of wrecking cars)

Menzer, Joe

ISBN 10: 0743205073 / ISBN 13: 9780743205078

Published by Simon & Schuster, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Wildest Ride: A History of NASCAR (or how a bunch of good old boys built a billion dollar industry out of wrecking cars)
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0743205073
• ISBN 13: 9780743205078
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

A history of stock car racing in America journeys from the backwoods of North Carolina to the high-speed, big-money races of the present, profiling some of the superstars of the sport, the rivalries, and the tragedies that have rocked NASCAR.

About the Author

Joe Menzer is a sportswriter for The Winston-Salem Journal. His articles have appeared in The Sporting News, Inside Sports, Hoop Magazine, and Basketball Weekly. He is the author of Four Corners: How UNC, N.C. State, Duke and Wake Forest Made North Carolina the Center of the Basketball Universe. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife and children.