AMERICAN ZOOM: STOCK CAR RACING DIRT TRACKS to DAYTONA

ISBN 0025446150

Size = 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall

"There is no way you can imagine growing up in the thirties and thinking in the nineties this is where we are going to be." This assertion by racing pioneer Junior Johnson best describes the rapid evolution of stock car racing. The races, which began as battles for bragging rights among bootleggers in the Deep South to see who had the fastest car, have become a multimillion-dollar sport associated with dozens of major corporations and numerous television networks.

Long gone is the overriding image of good ol' boys running moonshine; NASCAR has become a glamorous, upscale, and thriving business throughout the country, a passion shared by millions of Americans who closely follow the Winston Cup series. With 31 races on the 1993 schedule at tracks from Watkins Glen, New York, to Sears Point, California, NASCAR reaffirms that there is nothing more at the root of the American mindset than cars. With capacity crowds at each event, the races have been described as a middle-aged Woodstock - only instead of rock and roll it's a celebration of fast cars and American tradition.

American Zoom is the first and only book to capture the true flavor of this homegrown pastime. Peter Golenbock, with 6 bestsellers to his name, has earned a reputation as one of the most successful and respected sports authors. Now, having spent a year and a half talking with all the main players of NASCAR, Golenbock offers an oral history as told by the great drivers, mechanics, promoters, and others who have made the sport what it is today, talking about the people and cars who have made racing history.

American Zoom is also the consummate insider's book, profiling the characters of the sport, from legends like Fireball Roberts and Ralph Moody, through the stars of the sixties and seventies such as Richard Petty and the Allison brothers, Bobby and Donnie, to current stars like Dale Earnhardt and the late Alan Kulwicki. American Zoom is the only comprehensive book about the sport of stock car racing as it chronicles its derivation from dirt tracks to Daytona.

493 pages. Hard cover with UNCLIPPED dust jacket. Ex-Library, cleaner than usual.

Weight = 1 kg

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