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    NASCAR's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Outrageous Drivers, Wild Wrecks and Other Oddities

    NASCAR's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Outrageous Drivers, Wild Wrecks and Other Oddities

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    by Jim McLaurin

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      ISBN-13: 9781612340425
    • Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.
    • Publication date: 07/31/2001
    • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
    • Format: eBook
    • Pages: 262
    • File size: 2 MB

    Jim McLaurin writes about auto racing for THESTATE.COM, South Carolina's home page. He won the writer-of-the-year awards of the National Motorsports Press Association in 1993 and 1999 and of the International Hot Rod Association in 1983. He lives near Columbia, South Carolina.

    Table of Contents

    List of Photographsviii
    Prefaceix
    "Wish I Hadn't Done That": Racing's biggest bonehead plays1
    Magic Time: When they put it all together7
    Turner Tales: NASCAR's original party animal13
    Real Racers: Drivers who rose above the crowd19
    Famous Comebacks: Drivers who got up off the deck25
    All in the Family: Rooting around NASCAR's roots33
    Good Sports: Their mamas would be proud43
    First Time for Everything: Had to start somewhere49
    Ten Indy-Car Drivers Who Won Winston Cup Races: Fenders, no fenders--didn't make a difference55
    Who's in Charge Here? Me.: The "Iron Fist" of NASCAR61
    They Called Him "The Intimidator": Dale Earnhardt earned his reputation67
    The Ever-Quotable NASCAR: They turned a clever phrase75
    Drivers You Either Love or Hate: No middle ground for these guys81
    Landmark Races in NASCAR History: Races that upped the bar91
    One-Race Wonders: Drivers who had their 15 minutes of fame99
    On Other Playing Fields: Drivers who excelled in other sports105
    Outside the Lines: Sometimes the track's not big enough109
    Unbreakable Records: The high-water marks of NASCAR racing117
    What Might Have Been: Drivers who drew the short straw123
    Now, That's a Ballpark!: Race arenas for the stout-hearted131
    Women Drivers: The few, the proud, the ladies of NASCAR137
    The Edge of Your Seat: Ten bright and shining moments143
    They Died with Their Boots On: They paid the ultimate price151
    On a Hot Streak: If Pete Rose were a driver...157
    Fudgin' with the Rules: If you can't outrun 'em, outsmart 'em165
    Top 10 Championship Battles: Pennant chases, NASCAR style173
    Fanatics: The ones in the cars aren't the only nuts181
    Building a Better Mousetrap: Innovations that changed the game187
    Weird at the Wire: Things don't always go according to Hoyle193
    Not Your Father's Oldsmobile: If it has four wheels, it's a race car199
    They Just Didn't Give a Damn: It's not all left turns, you know203
    Country When Country Wasn't Cool: They were NASCAR before there was a NASCAR211
    Bibliography219
    Index223

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    Tim Flock once raced with a monkey in his car. When the 1961 Western North Carolina 500 was declared over after only 250 miles because of a deteriorating track surface, 4,000 fans held the drivers hostage. Driver Lloyd Seay was shot and killed by a cousin in a dispute over payment for a load of sugar used in their moonshining operation. One of NASCAR's earliest tracks, in Daytona, Florida, used a beach for one straightaway and a public highway for the other.

    Containing fifty lists of the top-ten drivers, tracks, finishes, technological innovations, and so on, NASCAR's Most Wanted will inform and amuse diehard fans and newcomers to the fast-growing, always exciting world of stock car racing.

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