Fast Guys, Rich Guys and Idiots

Moses, Sam

ISBN 10: 0937159093 / ISBN 13: 9780937159095

Published by September Press, Jamestown, 1986

About this Item

Page 102, of this 338 page volume, describes a two hour race that Bobby Archer enters in Eau Claire , Wisconsin - on ice. That will give you a sense of the breadth of stories for motorsport enthusiasts. Read more about : Shoreline Drive, Half Moon Bay, checkered flag, 5500 rpm, Eddie Wirth, Laguna corkscrew, GTO, and Bobby Archer. B/W photographs accompany text. Cond : Boards are black with gilt lettering - spine only. End-papers are white, red dust jacket. Colour photo of the Bandit on front cover. D.J. tattered esp. at spine foot - now protected in mylar. P/O name on ffep. Minimal soiling, minimal wear. No marks in text block. Excellent reading copy. Quote (p. 148) : " Felton qualified with a scorching 2:32.0. 111.9 mph, six seconds faster than the next GTO car. Hagan got to 2:46, which was below the race pace, and felt ready. By the end of the day rthere was time for me. After one lap a big piece of ._._._. .' Size: Octavo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fast Guys, Rich Guys and Idiots
• Publisher: September Press, Jamestown
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0937159093
• ISBN 13: 9780937159095
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: B/W Photographs
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good +
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good+
• Seller catalogs:
  • Automotive

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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

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.