NASCAR Essential: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Real Fan!

Hardback

Main Details

Title NASCAR Essential: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Real Fan!
Authors and Contributors      By (author) David Poole
By (author) Jim McLaurin
SeriesEssential: Everything You Need to Know to be a Real Fan
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height 215,Width 139
Category/GenreMotor sports
ISBN/Barcode 9781572439559
ClassificationsDewey:796.72
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Triumph Books
Imprint Triumph Books
Publication Date 1 April 2007
Publication Country United States

Description

A one-stop record containing everything NASCAR fans want to know about stock car racing, this resource is packed with anecdotes, history, explanations of traditions, statistics, trivia, and photos.

Author Biography

David Poole is a motorsports writer for the Charlotte Observer, traveling around the country more than 30 weekends a year to cover NASCAR's top series and teams. He has written NASCAR articles for a number of major magazines, appeared on ESPN, SPEED and on CBS, ABC, and NBC network news programs, and talked about stock car racing news and issues on dozens of radio stations nationwide. He is the author of several books on NASCAR. He lives in Gastonia, North Carolina. Jim McLaurin is an award-winning NASCAR journalist and a former motorsports writer for the State Newspaper. He has covered racing for four decades and is a two-time winner of the National Motorsports Association's George Cunningham Award and a recipient of the International Hot Rod Association's Media Award. He is the author of NASCAR's Most Wanted, The Top 10 Book of Outrageous Drivers, Wild Wrecks and Other Oddities and the coauthor of Taking Stock: Life in NASCAR's Fast Lane.