Larry McReynolds: The Big Picture: My Life From Pit Road to the Broadcast Booth - Hardcover

Larry Mcreynolds; Bob Zeller

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1893618218 ISBN 13: 9781893618213

Publisher: David Bull Publishing, 2002

Synopsis

As a top crew chief in NASCAR Winston Cup racing, Larry McReynolds has guided drivers such as Dale Earnhardt, Davey Allison, and Ernie Irvan to victory. His is a story of single-minded determination to succeed in the top tier of racing, regardless of setbacks. McReynolds, who is now a popular FOX broadcaster, brings a fresh perspective and fascinating stories that include radioing Earnhardt instructions where to accelerate in a turn, and getting bawled out in the NASCAR trailer by series boss Bill France for speaking his mind. This is an unparalleled insider's look at NASCAR racing.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

During the early 1990s, any race fan who listened to the radio channel of the No. 28 Texaco Havoline Ford knew about "the Big Picture." It was crew chief Larry McReynold's favorite motto. Time and time and time again, he'd tell his driver, "Look at the Big Picture."

Larry's own remarkable career, first as a crew chief and now as a network television broadcaster, has itself become a Big Picture - a unique saga of triumphs and trophies mixed with the sternest of trials and tribulations.

Here, then, is Larry's story, told with the same perceptiveness and attention to detail that Larry shows in the FOX broadcast booth as a NASCAR color announcer.

You'll fly with Larry on the final, poignant airplane trip from New Hampshire with the late Davey Allison after two years of amazing ups and downs. You'll take the frantic ride in the NASCAR pace car out to turn two at Michigan after the devastating crash than nearly killed Ernie Irvan. You'll join Larry in victory lane with Dale Earnhardt after his most dramatic victory - the 1998 Daytona 500 - and learn the truth about his troubled times with the Intimidator. And you'll read insider stores as only Larry can tell them, including more than one blow-by-blow visit to the dreaded NASCAR "woodshed" for a bawling-out by NASCAR chairman Bill France himself.

Reaching back to his earliest days in racing as a volunteer mechanic in his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, Larry and co-author Bob Zeller weave a fast-paced, smooth reading narrative that takes readers and race fans on a high speed ride through some of NASCAR's most dramatic and memorable moments.

From the Back Cover:

No personality in the history of NASCAR Winston Cup racing has taken a roller-coaster ride of triumph and tragedy like superstar crew chief and television broadcaster Larry McReynolds.

As a color analyst on FOX's popular NASCAR broadcast team, Larry has helped FOX win some of NASCAR's highest television ratings ever. As a Winston Cup crew chief for 15 years, McReynolds won 23 races, including two Daytona 500s, and worked with the sport's greatest drivers, including Dale Earnhardt, Davey Allison, David Pearson, Ernie Irvan, Neil Bonnett, Ricky Rudd, and Cale Yarborough.

Through it all, McReynolds kept his eye on the Big Picture-the greater achievement of long-term goals and accomplishments, especially in the face of setbacks. This is Larry's story, his own Big Picture of a remarkable career jam-packed with thrilling successes, heartbreaking defeats, grief, comebacks, and above all, a willingness to work hard and a determination to never give up.

About this edition

• Publisher: David Bull Publishing
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1893618218
• ISBN 13: 9781893618213
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400