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

by Jim McLaurin

Overview

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.

Product Details

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

About the Author

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 Photographs	viii
	Preface	ix
	"Wish I Hadn't Done That": Racing's biggest bonehead plays	1
	Magic Time: When they put it all together	7
	Turner Tales: NASCAR's original party animal	13
	Real Racers: Drivers who rose above the crowd	19
	Famous Comebacks: Drivers who got up off the deck	25
	All in the Family: Rooting around NASCAR's roots	33
	Good Sports: Their mamas would be proud	43
	First Time for Everything: Had to start somewhere	49
	Ten Indy-Car Drivers Who Won Winston Cup Races: Fenders, no fenders--didn't make a difference	55
	Who's in Charge Here? Me.: The "Iron Fist" of NASCAR	61
	They Called Him "The Intimidator": Dale Earnhardt earned his reputation	67
	The Ever-Quotable NASCAR: They turned a clever phrase	75
	Drivers You Either Love or Hate: No middle ground for these guys	81
	Landmark Races in NASCAR History: Races that upped the bar	91
	One-Race Wonders: Drivers who had their 15 minutes of fame	99
	On Other Playing Fields: Drivers who excelled in other sports	105
	Outside the Lines: Sometimes the track's not big enough	109
	Unbreakable Records: The high-water marks of NASCAR racing	117
	What Might Have Been: Drivers who drew the short straw	123
	Now, That's a Ballpark!: Race arenas for the stout-hearted	131
	Women Drivers: The few, the proud, the ladies of NASCAR	137
	The Edge of Your Seat: Ten bright and shining moments	143
	They Died with Their Boots On: They paid the ultimate price	151
	On a Hot Streak: If Pete Rose were a driver...	157
	Fudgin' with the Rules: If you can't outrun 'em, outsmart 'em	165
	Top 10 Championship Battles: Pennant chases, NASCAR style	173
	Fanatics: The ones in the cars aren't the only nuts	181
	Building a Better Mousetrap: Innovations that changed the game	187
	Weird at the Wire: Things don't always go according to Hoyle	193
	Not Your Father's Oldsmobile: If it has four wheels, it's a race car	199
	They Just Didn't Give a Damn: It's not all left turns, you know	203
	Country When Country Wasn't Cool: They were NASCAR before there was a NASCAR	211
	Bibliography	219
	Index	223