Once Around the Track

by Sharyn McCrumb

Book Overview

New York Times-bestselling author McCrumb's sweet, laugh-out-loud funny novel, one of her most appealing yet, begins with an irresistible premise--an all-female NASCAR team. All-female except for its... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0758207786
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

NASCAR FANS GALORE

REALLY LIKED THE BOOK, MOSTLY BECAUSE I LIKE THE WRITER. THOUGHT SHE CARRIED IT A LITTLE TOO FAR ABOUT HOW FANS ARE GA, GA--OVER THESE GUYS, I LIKE RACING WELL, BUT NOT TO THIS EXTENT. BUT STILL A GOOD STORY AND AS A WRITER, SHARYN CANNOT BE BEATEN. DH

Sharyn McCrumb, Once Around the Track

This book is quite different from McCrumb's "mountain" books and her Elizabeth MacPherson books. It is also quite different from St. Dale. She provides an inside look at the problems and costs of entering a car in NASCAR racing, as well as the interactions among various team members, in the context of a corporation entering a car with a male driver and an all-female pit crew. The book is well written and interesting, but it didn't quite seem to come to life for me. At the same time, I feel some re-readings might make me appreciate it more.

Once Around the Track Takes the Checkered Flag

Sharyn McCrumb's second NASCAR novel, Once Around the Track, is a real winner. It's not just another book about stock car racing where superstars and movie stars dominate the pages. Instead, the reader is treated to a new team that boasts a woman crew chief, an all women pit crew, a pharmaceutical company sponsor marketing Vagenya (Viagra for women), and a couple of guys thrown in for good measure--driver Badger Jenkins and his spotter Tony LaFon. Add a publicist with the opportunity to write an expose on NASCAR and the Dominatrix manager whose ambition threatens Badger Jenkins's racing future, and you have the makings of a best seller. Where ST. DALE was outside NASCAR's inner circle with its pilgrimage of Dale Earnhardt fans, ONCE AROUND THE TRACK is a novel about the inside of a one-car NASCAR team that has to compete with the multi-million dollar teams, both on and off the track. This is a wonderful read, and I whole heartedly recommend it.

interesting look at an all female NASCAR team

The entire NASCAR Team Vagenya (a female Viagra sponsor) is female with one exception; the driver Badger Jenkins. He was selected for several reasons: the lack of women drivers, his Peach State looks, his unpretentiousness in only wanting to drive and fish, and he is good. Badger just wants to drive race cars and go fishing on his days off. Team engineer Taran Stiles has always worshiped the mega talented hunk especially in his purple outfit. However, she hid her feelings and kept her distance as much as possible. Now they work for the same team, but worse she knows it is not hero worship as she loves the hunk who hangs around the garage like one of the team. This interesting look at an all female NASCAR team trying to make it in what is perceived as a male sport is a refreshing tale although none of the characters including the romantic lead come across as very deep as NASCAR is the star. Fans of NASCAR will appreciate the look into the racing world in which the relationship between Badger and Taran serves to enhance a scrutiny of the sport. Readers will enjoy what occurs off the track (including a betrayal by writing a memoir exposé), in the pits (Pit Chief Tuggle leads as Kensington states: "A League of Their Own"), and on the oval (Badger goes for victory). Harriet Klausner