The Weekend Starts on Wednesday: True Stories of Remarkable NASCAR Fans

by Tony Stewart, Andrew Giangola, Kyle Busch

In The Weekend Starts on Wednesday, NASCAR insider Andrew Giangola scoured the circuit and slept in school buses to find remarkable fans and tell their hilarious, heart-warming stories. With a keen... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760338310
• ISBN13: 9780760338315
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Motorbooks International
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Truly Heartwarming!

This book paints a true and inspiring look into the Nascar world and their fans...It is truly an amazing and enjoyable read!

A GR88T Book!!!!!

Wow!!!!! NASCAR Fans.... Non NASCAR fans... this is so the book to purchase!!!.... Wonderful stories, written so well... insight to the NASCAR world..The only sport where fans are able to get up close & personal with drivers... NASCAR has the best fans and a wonderful family to be a part of... Most think all NASCAR is are cars going round & round... attend a race... you will have a gr88t time....I'm still reading my book.. just amazed at each chapter... I hope to meet a lot of the people featured in the book... As I'm featured.. page 123....Junior's Baby 88 Girl... Thanks Andrew for selecting me to be featured ...

There's something for everyone in this book

I'm not a huge NASCAR fan but these are definitely well-told stories anyone can relate to. This book is an interesting slice of America, and I've really come to like the people Andrew profiled. His "clueless New Yorker in NASCAR country" stories at the end of the book are hilarious, too.

This book captures the essence of NASCAR

I just finished reading Andrew Giangola's new book, "The Weekend Starts on Wednesday", and I loved it. Having been a longtime NASCAR fan, it was great to read about others who find this sport as exciting as I do. NASCAR is a culture and a sport, and Andrew's book captues that. From his stories about SuperChef Mario Batalli and Rachel Ray, to his story about Tom Cruise; you can see the effect this great sport has on people from all walks of life. I throughly enjoyed it, and I look forward to reading the sequel!

A loving tribute to fans

This book is a fascinating collection of human interest stories whose only common thread is that they are all NASCAR fans. Each of the 42 stories, organized into 9 sections, cover the full spectrum of American life. There is a inspiring story of a wounded war veteran on the one hand and a hilarious account of Bob's party bus in the Michigan track infield campground on the other. There are celebrities and everyday people that each have a story about the sport they love. Devoted fans of any sport will be able to relate. The author either belly laughs like a beer drinking buddy or solemnly ponders the twists of fate like a best friend depending on the type of story he is telling. After reading Andrew Giangola's book, he seemed less a NASCAR fan and more a fan of the people who love the sport. What a great read!!