This collection of behind-the-scenes happenings from the history of the beloved stock car series shares stories of the great and the infamous, revealing privy insights into the drivers that fans thought they knew everything about. The book grants a glimpse into Buck Baker’s tomato juice incident, how his son Buddy Baker landed face first in the mud on an ambulance stretcher, Dale Earnhardt’s 1997 Daytona 500 rolling crash and how he famously went from ambulance to car to complete the race, Tony Stewart’s realization that racing was the ideal career choice, and how Jeff Gordon “misplaced” his commemorative Richard Petty money clip. Race fans with allegiance to any era of NASCAR, past or present, will feel drawn into the inner circle of the drivers after sharing in these inside stories that are worth the telling.
ASIN : 1600787673
Publisher : Triumph Books
Publication date : September 26, 2012
Edition : Second Edition, Second edition
Language : English
Print length : 256 pages
ISBN-10 : 9781600787676
ISBN-13 : 978-1600787676
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.58 x 8.5 inches
Part of series : Best Sports Stories Ever Told
