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Edition
First paperback edition.
Description
xii, 411 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note
Originally published in hardcover by Crown Publishers, 2006.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-395) and index.
Contents
NASCAR is no longer a southern sport -- White lightning -- Henry Ford created a monster -- The bootlegger turn -- An orgy of dust, liquor and noise -- All the women screamin' Roy Hall -- Yesterday his luck ran out -- Miraculous death escape -- Body bags and B-24 bombers -- It's too late now to bring this crowd under control -- Henry Ford is dead -- Next thing we know, NASCAR belongs to Bill France -- Racing car plunges into throng -- An ambience of death -- The first race, a bootlegger, and a disqualification -- It's not cheating if you don't get caught -- No way a Plymouth can beat a Cadillac. No way -- NASCAR is here to stay: like sex, the atom bomb and ice cream -- I had to start making a living -- Epilogue: This is what NASCAR has become.
Summary
Describes the origins of NASCAR racing in the world of Southern moonshiners, who used fast Ford cars to transport bootleg alcohol during the Depression and who transformed their driving skills to the Dixie racetracks in the aftermath of World War II.
