Growing up NASCAR : racing's most outrageous promoter tells all / Humpy Wheeler and Peter Golenbock.

Author/creator Wheeler, Humpy
Other author Golenbock, Peter, 1946-
Format Book
Publication InfoMinneapolis : MBI Pub. Co., 2010.
Description300 pages : illustrations (mostly color), photographs ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents We watched the race cars go by -- The Scotch-Irish and the segregated south -- Learning the ropes -- Moonshine and racing -- The Robinwood Speedway -- Slick -- Witness to disaster -- When the rubber meets the road -- Big Bill France -- Ralph and the Indian -- Bobby Allison -- Junior Johnson -- Driving for Junior -- Curtis and Bruton go bust -- Hired to run the Charlotte Motor Speedway -- Bruton and I -- Dirt poor Dale -- Dale and Richard Childress -- Rick Hendrick changes the game -- Days of thunder -- Alan Kulwicki's too short journey -- The all star race -- Robert Yates knows tragedy -- Bobby Allison's nightmare -- NASCAR and Bruton go national -- Joe Gibbs and Dale Jarrett -- Jack Roush and Mark Martin -- The death of Dale Earnhardt -- The corporatization of racing -- Good-bye -- Racing of the future.
Abstract From the earliest days of the sport, when Humpy often used his fists to keep order, to NASCAR's transition to a multi-billion-dollar business, Humpy's life has paralleled American stock car racing.
LCCN 2009049814
ISBN9780760337752 (hb w/ jkt)
ISBN0760337756 (hb w/ jkt)

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Joyner NC Stacks GV1029.9.S74 W48 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold