NASCAR: 101 Reasons to Love Stock Car Racing

by David Green Sr. and David Green

Book Overview

Prohibition started it. The good ol' boys who ran moonshine on the twisting, turning roads of Appalachia had to outpace the Feds--so they modified their cars for speed and maneuverability. Pretty soon, they were racing those "stock cars" on tracks throughout the rural South. Then, in 1948, the sport got official, when mechanic Bill France, Sr., and a couple dozen owners and drivers, meeting in a smoky barroom in Daytona Beach, Florida, founded the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584797339
• ISBN13: 9781584797333
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 4.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.6" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary