Real NASCAR white lightning, red clay, and Big Bill France / Daniel S. Pierce.

Author/creator Pierce, Daniel S.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,
Description348 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Contents In the beginning-- there was Bristol -- The Piedmont hell of a fellow and the origins of stock car racing -- Home-towners going at it tooth and nail : pre-World War II Piedmont stock car racing -- Rough and rowdy : Big Bill, the Atlanta Bootleggers, and the Bootlegger tracks -- A paper dream? : the creation and early years of NASCAR -- Darlington, Bamooda shorts, Jocko Flocko, and the fabulous Hudson Hornet : NASCAR Grand National, 1950-1954 -- I would have been willing to bet-- we would never have to sleep in the car again : feast and famine, NASCAR, 1955-1958 -- High stakes poker : NASCAR, 1959-1963 -- Give 'em all a shot of whiskey and drop the flag : NASCAR's danger years, 1964-1967 -- The dirt tracks are rapidly becoming a thing of the past : the end of the beginning, 1968-1972 -- Back to Bristol.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 301-333) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009039436
ISBN9780807833841 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807833843 (cloth : alk. paper)

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