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The Last Lap: The Life and Times of NASCAR's Legendary Heroes de Peter Golenbock

The Last Lap: The Life and Times of NASCAR's Legendary Heroes

Autor Peter Golenbock
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 14 oct 2001
Stock car racing is not only the most popular sport in the country, but it′s also among the most dangerous, as well. Traveling at speeds of over 200 miles per hour, drivers risk their lives every time they take the wheel. To be competitive, drivers must feel invincible. The best of them did, and lived life –– on the racetrack –– to the fullest. Their zest for life and for racing is celebrated in this powerful book.

In The Last Lap, updated edition, best–selling author Peter Golenbock talks to racers past and present, crewmembers, and families of the legendary drivers who have passed on give us behind–the–scenes stories of NASCAR′s unique heroes. Among those sharing their stories are racing legends David Pearson, Buddy Baker, Tim Flock, Marvin Panch, thefamilies of the late Curtis Turner, the Myers brothers, Tiny Lund, Bobby Isaac, Alan Kulwicki, and Davey and Clifford Allison.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780764565854
ISBN-10: 0764565850
Pagini: 437
Dimensiuni: 163 x 242 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.91 kg
Ediția:Updated
Editura: Wiley (TP)
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States

Public țintă

  • The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing––has been in existence for 50 years, and it has thrived becoming the fastest growing professional sport in America.
  • Stock–car racing––long viewed as a backwater bumpkin (or worse) in the big–business arena of professional sports?is suddenly a thriving $2 billion industry, 51 years after its founding as a small family business on the beaches of Daytona.
  • Gross retail sales of Nascar–related apparel, die–cast cars, and other licensed products are zooming too. Retail revenue is expected to exceed $1 billion this year, up from only $80 million in 1990.

Descriere

"The sport of stock car racing continues to grow exponentially. Bigger tracks, with larger purses, have been added to the schedule. Television coverage is unparalleled. When Dale Earnhardt died on the final lap of the Daytona 500 in February of 2001, more people were watching that race than ever before. His untimely death, viewed in real time by millions, marked an end to something special, a period in NASCAR history the likes of which we may never see again." From the Introduction Alan Kulwicki Bill France, Sr. Curtis Turner Joe Weatherly Exclusive insights into the man known as "The Intimidator" "At any time during any race he was in, there was only one question everyone asked: ‘Where′s Earnhardt?’ He was the standard by which all other drivers were measured." From the Introduction "My mind will drift to Dale Earnhardt. I guess I always feel these guys are invincible. I know they′re not. You just miss having him around. There′s a void there. It′s not just his competitiveness or his ability it′s everything, just his being there." Eli Gold, TV Commentator for NASCAR Visit us at www.hungryminds.com

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"The sport of stock car racing continues to grow exponentially. Bigger tracks, with larger purses, have been added to the schedule. Television coverage is unparalleled. When Dale Earnhardt died on the final lap of the Daytona 500 in February of 2001, more people were watching that race than ever before. His untimely death, viewed in real time by millions, marked an end to something special, a period in NASCAR history the likes of which we may never see again." From the Introduction Alan Kulwicki Bill France, Sr. Curtis Turner Joe Weatherly Exclusive insights into the man known as "The Intimidator" "At any time during any race he was in, there was only one question everyone asked: ‘Where′s Earnhardt?’ He was the standard by which all other drivers were measured." From the Introduction "My mind will drift to Dale Earnhardt. I guess I always feel these guys are invincible. I know they′re not. You just miss having him around. There′s a void there. It′s not just his competitiveness or his ability it′s everything, just his being there." Eli Gold, TV Commentator for NASCAR Visit us at www.hungryminds.com

Cuprins

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

1. Bob Latford: In the Beginning.

2. Slick Owens: In the Land of Cotton.

3. Tim Flock: The Last of the Wild Bunch.

4. Ralph Moody: Curtis and Lil′ Joe.

5. Max Muhlmann: More Curtis and Lil′ Joe.

6. Maurice Petty: The Perfectionist.

7. Tim Flock: Carl Kiekhaefer.

8. Danny "Chocolate" Myers: The Death of the Myers Brothers.

9. Tom Pistone: The "Converted Yankee".

10. Ralph Moody: Fred Lorenzen.

11. Paul "Little Bud" Moore: Rough–Tough Characters.

12. Buddy Baker: Buck′s Boy.

13. Marvin Panch: Escape from a Fiery Death.

14. Bob Latford: Crash and Burn.

15. Ralph Moody: Death Wholesale.

16. Max Muhlmann: The Death of Fireball Roberts.

17. Bob Latford: Ned and Junior.

18. David Pearson: The Reluctant Champion.

19. Paul "Little Bud" Moore: The Demise of Dirt.

20. Bob Latford: A Small Band of Gypsies.

21. Maurice Petty: Life with Richard.

22. David Pearson: Moments Great and Not So Good.

23. "Suitcase" Jake Elder: One Great Chassis Man.

24. Slick Owens: Holman and Moody′s Demise.

25. Buddy Baker: He Broke the 200 MPH Barrier.

26. Tim Flock: Curtis Turner′s Losing Gambit.

27. Curtis Turner: The Day the Music Died.

28. Bunny Turner: "Sweet Thang".

29. Lou LaRosa: Brooklyn Meets Robert Gee.

30. Buddy Baker: Troubles on the Last Lap.

31. Wanda Lund: They Were All Crazy.

32. Tommy Johnson: The Travails of Harry Hyde.

33. Buddy Baker: Records at Breakneck Speed.

34. Lou LaRosa: The Emergence of Dale Earnhardt.

35. Tommy Johnson: Harry Hyde and Tim Richmond.

36. Lou LaRosa: Cale and More About Dale.

37. Danny "Chocolate" Myers: Memories of Richard Childress.

38. Tommy Johnson: The Death of Harry Hyde.

39. Paul Andrews: The Death of Alan Kulwicki.

40. "Suitcase" Jake Elder: Disturbing Memories.

41. Liz Allison: The Deaths of Clifford and Davey.

42. Lou LaRosa: A Racer′s Sad Good–bye.

43. Buddy Baker: He (and the Sport) Survives and Flourishes.

44. Andy Petree: Bigger than Life.

45. Dale Earnhardt: The Man in Black.

46. Dale Earnhardt: Black Sunday.

Index.

Notă biografică

PETER GOLENBOCK is the bestselling author of American Zoom; Dynasty: The New York Yankees, 1949–1964; and many other popular sports books, including Balls, Bums, Personal Fouls, Fenway, Wrigleyville, and Cowboys Have Always Been My Heroes. He is co–editor of The Stock Car Encyclopedia.