Nascar Yesterday And Today

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ISBN 13 : 9781450890601
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book NASCAR written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stock car racing got its start during the Great Depression, with drivers competing on dusty dirt tracks in front of small crowds and for scant prize money. How times have changed. The sport embodied in the juggernaut that is NASCAR now reaches into every corner of America, claims fans of all stripes, and fills the largest sports venues in the country weekend after noisy weekend. This is the story told in NASCAR: Yesterday & Today, part of Publications International s Yesterday & Today series of definitive sports histories. The book, written by the auto editors of Consumer Guide with a foreword by racing legend Darrell Waltrip, features hundreds of original photographs and comprehensive descriptions of: The drivers. From early legends like Red Byron, Marshall Teague, Fonty Flock, and Tim Flock to modern dominators like Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Sr., and Dale Earnhardt Jr. The cars. Starting with the modified prewar coupes of NASCAR s early races to today s high-tech automotive experiments. The tracks. Spectacular then-and-now photographs of the courses that have witnessed history. The events. From the days when Daytona meant a race literally on Daytona Beach to Jimmie Johnson s stylish burnout in front of the Wynn Hotel on the Las Vegas strip during Champions Week 2009. Throughout the book we also learn the story of the France family specifically Big Bill, Little Bill, and Brian who steered NASCAR into the hearts of racing fans over the course of seven decades. For the NASCAR enthusiast, there is no better, more readable and enjoyable history than NASCAR: Yesterday & Today.

Author : Auto Editors of Consumer Guide
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781680221213
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book NASCAR: Yesterday and Today written by Auto Editors of Consumer Guide and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-17 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book features hundreds of original photographs and comprehensive descriptions of: The drivers - From early legends like Red Byron, Marshall Teague, Fonty Flock, and Tim Flock to modern dominators like Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Sr., and Dale Earnhardt Jr. The cars - Starting with the modified prewar coupes of NASCAR's early races to today's high-tech automotive experiments. The tracks - Spectacular then-and-now photographs of the courses that have witnessed history. The events - From the days when "Daytona" meant a race literally on Daytona Beach to Jimmie Johnson's stylish burnout in front of the Wynn Hotel on the Las Vegas strip during Champions Week 2009. Explore the beginning of stock car racing during the Great Depression, with drivers competing on dusty dirt tracks in front of small crowds and for scant prize money. How times have changed. The sport--embodied in the juggernaut that is NASCAR--now reaches into every corner of America, claims fans of all stripes, and fills the largest sports venues in the country weekend after noisy weekend. This is the story told in NASCAR: Yesterday & Today. Throughout the book we also learn the story of the France family--specifically Big Bill, Little Bill, and Brian--who steered NASCAR into the hearts of racing fans over the course of seven decades. For the NASCAR enthusiast, there is no better, more readable and enjoyable history than NASCAR: Yesterday & Today.

Author : Timothy Miller
Publisher : Buffalo, N.Y. ; Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books
ISBN 13 : 9781552978290
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book NASCAR Now written by Timothy Miller and published by Buffalo, N.Y. ; Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guide to NASCAR and stock car racing, including biographies of drivers, analysis of racing teams, history of stock car racing and famous track venues.

Author : Paul Challen
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1499401744
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book NASCAR Racing written by Paul Challen and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NASCAR is one of today’s hottest sports. This book gives readers a close an up-close look at everything that makes this sport exciting, competitive, thrilling, and even dangerous. Beginning with NASCAR’s history, the text examines how the sport has evolved, the men and women who work in the pit and behind the wheel, and interesting facts about the extreme races that are broadcast around the world. The text includes tips for readers to get involved and a graphic organizer of NASCAR’s recognizable flags. Sidebars and “Fast Fact” fact boxes provide opportunities for additional learning.

Author : Greg Fielden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781680229899
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nascar written by Greg Fielden and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Greg Fielden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780785386834
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nascar Chronicle written by Greg Fielden and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Stock car racing from 1947 to today: a history of America's most popular motorsport."--Dust jacket.

Author : Sally Ganchy
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1459622898
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mark Martin written by Sally Ganchy and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-06-03 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Martin has dedicated his life to racing. With all his Sprint Cup victories, plus a record forty-eight wins in NASCAR's second-tier Nationwide Series, he's no stranger to victory. But he also knows what it's like to try his best yet still come up short. Known within racing circles as a paragon of good sportsmanship and fair play, Martin is one of the most respected, admired, and well-liked drivers in NASCAR. Come what may, he stands tall: no compromises, no regrets, no excuses. Win or lose, Mark Martin does the right thing.

Author : Terry Blount
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 160078089X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Blount Report written by Terry Blount and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2009-02-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While fans continue to debate the relative merits of their favorite drivers, ESPN.com's premier motor sports writer Terry Blount now brings some needed clarity and perspective to America's biggest spectator sport, rating drivers, teams, cars, and tracks, and while bluntly letting readers know which are overrated and which are underrated in a new book that's bound to further the debate and stir up more controversy. Did the reputation match the results? Was the performance better than the perception? and how much of a factor was the car? are all questions asked and discussed in this investigation. Along with rating drivers, The Blount Report also rates a vast array of the NASCAR world from speedways to races and rules to records.

Author : John Havick
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1609381971
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ghosts of NASCAR written by John Havick and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who won the first Daytona 500? Fans still debate whether it was midwestern champion Johnny Beauchamp, declared the victor at the finish line, or longtime NASCAR driver Lee Petty, declared the official winner a few days after the race. The Ghosts of NASCAR puts the controversial finish under a microscope. Author John Havick interviewed scores of people, analyzed film of the race, and pored over newspaper accounts of the event. He uses this information and his deep knowledge of the sport as it worked then to determine what probably happened. But he also tells a much bigger story: the story of how Johnny Beauchamp—and his Harlan, Iowa, compatriots, mechanic Dale Swanson and driver Tiny Lund—ended up in Florida driving in the 1959 Daytona race. The Ghosts of NASCAR details how the Harlan Boys turned to racing cars to have fun and to escape the limited opportunities for poor boys in rural southwestern Iowa. As auto racing became more popular and better organized in the 1950s, Swanson, Lund, and Beauchamp battled dozens of rivals and came to dominate the sport in the Midwest. By the later part of the decade, the three men were ready to take on the competition in the South’s growing NASCAR circuit. One of the top mechanics of the day, Swanson literally wrote the book on race cars at Chevrolet’s clandestine racing shop in Atlanta, Georgia, while Beauchamp and Lund proved themselves worthy competitors. It all came to a head on the brand-new Daytona track in 1959. The Harlan Boys’ long careers and midwestern racing in general have largely faded from memory. The Ghosts of NASCAR recaptures it all: how they negotiated the corners on dirt tracks and passed or spun out their opponents; how officials tore down cars after races to make sure they conformed to track rules; the mix of violence and camaraderie among fierce competitors; and the struggles to organize and regulate the sport. One of very few accounts of 1950s midwestern stock car racing, The Ghosts of NASCAR is told by a man who was there during the sport’s earliest days.

Author : A. R. Schaefer
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9780736837743
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of NASCAR written by A. R. Schaefer and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2005 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the history of NASCAR, including the sport's early years, growing popularity, its sponsorships, and its most famous drivers.