[PDF] My First Nascar Book eBook

Author : Christopher Jordan
Publisher : FENN-TUNDRA
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 11,15 MB
Release : 2012-10-23
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1770494324

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An exciting new NASCAR series for the youngest of racing fans. Introduce your children to the early basic concepts through the exciting world of NASCAR in this officially licensed NASCAR series.

Author : Christopher Jordan
Publisher : FENN-TUNDRA
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 38,73 MB
Release : 2012-10-23
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1770494332

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An exciting new NASCAR series for the youngest of racing fans. Introduce your children to the early basic concepts through the exciting world of NASCAR in this officially licensed NASCAR series.

Author : John Havick
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 43,66 MB
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1609381971

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Who won the first Daytona 500? Fans still debate whether it was midwestern champion Johnny Beauchamp, declared the victor at the finish line, or longtime NASCAR driver Lee Petty, declared the official winner a few days after the race. The Ghosts of NASCAR puts the controversial finish under a microscope. Author John Havick interviewed scores of people, analyzed film of the race, and pored over newspaper accounts of the event. He uses this information and his deep knowledge of the sport as it worked then to determine what probably happened. But he also tells a much bigger story: the story of how Johnny Beauchamp—and his Harlan, Iowa, compatriots, mechanic Dale Swanson and driver Tiny Lund—ended up in Florida driving in the 1959 Daytona race. The Ghosts of NASCAR details how the Harlan Boys turned to racing cars to have fun and to escape the limited opportunities for poor boys in rural southwestern Iowa. As auto racing became more popular and better organized in the 1950s, Swanson, Lund, and Beauchamp battled dozens of rivals and came to dominate the sport in the Midwest. By the later part of the decade, the three men were ready to take on the competition in the South’s growing NASCAR circuit. One of the top mechanics of the day, Swanson literally wrote the book on race cars at Chevrolet’s clandestine racing shop in Atlanta, Georgia, while Beauchamp and Lund proved themselves worthy competitors. It all came to a head on the brand-new Daytona track in 1959. The Harlan Boys’ long careers and midwestern racing in general have largely faded from memory. The Ghosts of NASCAR recaptures it all: how they negotiated the corners on dirt tracks and passed or spun out their opponents; how officials tore down cars after races to make sure they conformed to track rules; the mix of violence and camaraderie among fierce competitors; and the struggles to organize and regulate the sport. One of very few accounts of 1950s midwestern stock car racing, The Ghosts of NASCAR is told by a man who was there during the sport’s earliest days.

Author : Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 17,88 MB
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0785221964

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Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s only authorized book revealing the inside track on his final year of racing and retirement from the driver’s seat. “Time was running out on my charade… My secrets were about to be exposed to the world.” It was a seemingly minor crash at Michigan International Speedway in June 2016 that ended the day early for Dale Earnhardt Jr. What he didn’t know was that it would also end his driving for the year. He’d dealt with concussions before, but concussions are like snowflakes, no two are the same. And recovery can be brutal, and lengthy. When NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. retired from professional stock car racing in 2017, he walked away from his career as a healthy man. But for years, he had worried that the worsening effects of multiple racing-related concussions would end not only his time on the track but his ability to live a full and happy life. Torn between a race-at-all-costs culture and the fear that something was terribly wrong, Earnhardt tried to pretend that everything was fine, but the private notes about his escalating symptoms that he kept on his phone reveal a vicious cycle: suffering injuries on Sunday, struggling through the week, then recovering in time to race again the following weekend. For the first time, he shares these notes and fully reveals the physical and emotional struggles he faced as he fought to close out his career on his own terms. In this candid reflection, Earnhardt opens up about his frustration with the slow recovery, his admiration for the woman who stood by him through it all, and his determination to share his own experience so that others don’t have to suffer in silence. Steering his way to the final checkered flag of his storied career proved to be the most challenging race and most rewarding finish of his life.

Author : Joe Menzer
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 39,82 MB
Release : 2002-06-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780743226257

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In The Wildest Ride, Joe Menzer gives us a timely, comprehensive look at the dramatic, rollicking history of stock-car racing in America, exploring both its inauspicious bootlegging beginnings and the billion-dollar industry that it has become. Menzer straps the reader into the driver's seat for a run through NASCAR's history, revealing the sport's remarkable rise from rogue outfit to corporate darling. Menzer also profiles the many superstar drivers who have dominated the sport, men as unpredictable as they are fearless, including "The Intimidator," Dale Earnhardt, whose ferocious driving made him NASCAR's signature personality -- and whose tragic death at the 2001 Daytona 500 was mourned by millions. Menzer expertly maneuvers through the tight corners and wide-open straightaways of NASCAR's history, examining the circuit's attempt to distance itself from its "redneck racin'" past without compromising its country roots. Simultaneously rowdy and insightful, The Wildest Ride is a thorough and unfailingly honest account of NASCAR's amazing rise to prominence and a sweeping account of a uniquely American phenomenon.

Author : Christopher Jordan
Publisher : FENN-TUNDRA
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 19,31 MB
Release : 2012-10-23
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1770494359

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An exciting new NASCAR series for the youngest of racing fans. Introduce your children to the early basic concepts through the exciting world of NASCAR in this officially licensed NASCAR series.

Author : Ryan McGee
Publisher : ESPN Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 MB
Release : 2007-03-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781933060255

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Think of it as a 180 mph race through racing history. To welcome NASCAR fans back to its airwaves in July 2007, ESPN will air a special, seven-hour programming extravaganza. The celebration kicks off in February with a five-month countdown of stock car racings 100 most significant moments. For diehard fans of the nations fastest growing sport, ESPN Ultimate NASCAR provides an irresistible sneak peak at the fireworks to comea turbo-charged, four-color, pedal-to-the-metal ride through sixty years of racetrack lore, featuring all of NASCARs royal familes: the Pettys, the Yarboroughs, the Allisons, the Earnhardts, and, of course, the Frances. From the sports birth in Daytona to the shocking crash that killed Dale Earnhardt, from the dirt track wizardry of Junior Johnson to the multi-billion dollar Nextel Cup showdowns of today, ESPN Ultimate NASCAR is a packed track of thrills, chills, spillsand occasional fistfightsall fueled by high octane photos and graphics.

Author : Sally Blakemore
Publisher : Gibbs Smith Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,36 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Stock car racing
ISBN : 9781423604914

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With more than 25 pop-ups, pull tabs, and moveable parts, as well as 75 full-color illustrations and a 12-second sound chip, NASCAR Pop-Up is THE ultimate interactive guide to the sport. Interior pop-up spreads include: - History of the race car and NASCAR - Infield, complete with a tailgate party and souvenir haulers - Track designs - Team garage, inspection station, and team hauler - State-of-the-art car design - Car safety features and driver safety gear - Eight NASCAR flags with explanations - A simulated crash in close-up view - War wagon with tool drawers that open - Pit crew job descriptions - Explanation of NASCAR scoring - Finish Line and Victory Lane Sally Blakemore of Arty Projects Studio, Ltd., has created and produced pop-up books for 15 years. She lives in Santa Fe. Doug Chezem of ACME Pixel has produced digital art for more than 50 large corporations such as IBM, Hasbro, LEGO, FOX Sports, Newsweek, and X-Box. A high-speed pop-up guide to the world of NASCAR

Author : Daniel S. Pierce
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 49,12 MB
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0807895725

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In this history of the stock car racing circuit known as NASCAR, Daniel S. Pierce offers a revealing new look at the sport from its postwar beginnings on Daytona Beach and Piedmont dirt tracks through the early 1970s, when the sport spread beyond its southern roots and gained national recognition. Real NASCAR not only confirms the popular notion of NASCAR's origins in bootlegging, but also establishes beyond a doubt the close ties between organized racing and the illegal liquor industry, a story that readers will find both fascinating and controversial.