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Legends of Stock Car Racing: Racing, History

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Whether you are a long time follower or a newbie to the sport this book is for you. It documents the careers and tells about the legends of the sport who made it become the most popular motor sport today.
From the moonshine runners like Buddy Baker and Fonty Flock to the modern hero, Dale Earnhardt reading about their careers and seeing more than 200 pictures (many in color) will educate each of you.
The Allison family, Buck and Buddy Baker, Dale Earnhardt, Bill Elliott, The Flock family, Ray Fox, Dale Earnhardt, Sr., Bill France, Sr., Junior Johnson, Alan Kulwicki, Fred Lorensen Banjo Matthews, Ralph Moody, Bud Moore, Cotton Owens, David Pearson, The Petty Family, Fireball Roberts, Herb Thomas, Curtis Turner Darrell Waltrip, Joe Weatherly, the Wood brothers Cale Yorborough and Smokey Yunick are profiled.

This is an excellent book for all the "old timers" who followed real stock car racing through the 50's and 60's when many drivers ran totally unsponsored. Drivers such as Rex White, who ran unsponsored many times but still managed to win the championship in 1959, the Allison brothers, and many others who struggled through the lean years, are the true backbone of stock car racing. Those were tough years for the drivers who were trying to make a living at it but as far as I'm concerned, they were really the best years for us as spectators. I have had the pleasure of meeting Fonty Flock and Fireball Roberts, and having dinner one evening with Rex White. The Flocks, Roberts, Allisons, Whites, Pettys and many others like them, are the real heroes of stock car racing and this book relates the stories of many of them and the sacrifices and struggles they and their families endured.