Wicked Fast: Racing through Life with Bentley Warren

Bentley Warren s approach to life is mirrored by the tongue-in-cheek slogan of his high-octane watering hole in Maine: Who has more fun than us? We do! Whether mingling with customers at his thriving Bentley s Saloon or catching up with racing friends, Warren s fun-meter is usually pegged. You can find him by following the laughter, or, if you dare, the thunder of his hot-rod Harley. Yet beneath the good-times façade, Bentley s life has been one of focus and accomplishment. An Indianapolis 500 veteran, he is also one of the most decorated short-track drivers of his generation, having won from Massachusetts to Phoenix, and from Canada to South Florida. He s a seven-time champion at New York s Oswego Speedway where he captured the prestigious International Classic on six occasions as well as a four-time series champ with the International Supermodified Association and a six-time winner of New England s premier Supermodified event, the Star Speedway Classic. He was twice victorious in the storied Little 500 for Sprint Cars at Anderson, Indiana. Along the way, he somehow found time to become a self-taught entrepreneur; before the saloon, he built a successful trucking company. WICKED FAST written with Bones Bourcier brings the reader inside Bentley s world.

Mark "Bones" Bourcier has covered American automobile racing since 1976, contributing columns and feature stories to a number of magazines and newspapers . Bourcier is a two-time winner of the "Miller Racing Award of Excellence," one of motorsports journalism's most coveted annual prizes, and a past recipient of the Eastern Motorsports Press Association's "Frank Blunk Memorial Award" for outstanding contribution to motorsports journalism. He has co-written acclaimed motorsports autobiographies, including "Racing Safely, Living Dangerously" with safety innovator Bill Simpson and "True Speed: My Racing Life" with NASCAR Winston Cup champion Tony Stewart. Coastal 181 publications include Richie! , a biography of the late Richie Evans, nine-time NASCAR Modified Series champion; and As a Matter of Fact I AM Parnelli Jones, among numerous other titles.