Real NASCAR: White Lightning, Red Clay, and Big Bill France - Hardcover

Pierce, Daniel S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807833843 ISBN 13: 9780807833841

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 2010

Synopsis

NF/NF, 348 PAGES

About this title

Book Description:

"This book is like landing on the moon for the first time. Even those of us who have been around for 50 years will find many new twists to the early days when all of this came together and NASCAR was born, put in diapers, and hurled down the straightaway with unbent fury. This is NASCAR 101 told in a colorful way that you can't put down."--H. A. "Humpy" Wheeler, legendary NASCAR promoter, member of the International Racing Hall of Fame

From the Inside Flap:

In this history of the stock car racing circuit known as NASCAR, Pierce offers a revealing new look at the sport from its postwar beginnings on Daytona Beach and Piedmont dirt tracks through the early 1970s when the sport spread beyond its southern roots and gained national recognition. The book not only confirms the popular notion of NASCAR's origins in bootlegging, but also establishes beyond a doubt the close ties between organized racing and the illegal liquor industry, a story that readers will find both fascinating and controversial.

About this edition

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0807833843
• ISBN 13: 9780807833841
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360