Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing: On to Talladega (Rolling Thunder) [Mass Market Paperback]

Kent Wright (Author), Don Keith (Author)

Book Description

Series: Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing | Publication Date: January 15, 2000

Every dream has a price. Is Jodell willing to pay?

Stock car racing sure has changed since the dirt track days. The speedways are bigger, and the stakes even higher. The country has changed, too. It seems like nothing is as simple as it used to be. Vietnam. Civil rights. Demonstrations in the streets.

But it's been a great ride for Jodell Lee. He is happily married with two great kids, and he's been able to make a pretty good living doing what he loves: racing stock cars. Jodell is on the verge of breaking into the ranks of the racing elite. Richard Petty, Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough, David Pearson, and Buddy Baker. Only one thing stands in his way: the new superspeedway at Talladega.

With its high banks and broad straightaways, Talladega will be the fastest racing facility in the world. It will take speeds of almost 200 mph just to qualify!

Jodell has to decide. Is the dream of being the best worth the risk?

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Don Keith is an Alabama native and attended the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa where he received his degree in broadcast and film. He has won numerous awards from the Associated Press and United Press International for news writing and reporting, as well as Billboard Magazine's "Radio Personality of the Year" during his more than twenty years in broadcasting. His first novel, "The Forever Season," won the Alabama Library Association's "Fiction of the Year" award.

Keith lives in Indian Springs Village, Alabama, with his wife, Charlene, and a black cat named Hershey.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Tor Books; 1st edition (January 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812575091
• ISBN-13: 978-0812575095
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,676,684 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rolling Thunder, August 21, 2000

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Affaire de Coeur - See all my reviews

This review is from: On to Talladega (Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing, No. 4) (Audio Cassette)

DH audio has an interesting audio series, Rolling Thunder, regarding stock car racing in the 1960's. This four-volume audio series (White Lightning, Road to Daytona, Race to Glory, On to Talladega, (all three-hour abridgements) narrated by Michael Skinner, brings the listener right into the pit. These audios have an historical background and well as the fictional one in these tales.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great stuff...especially the twist ending!, January 29, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing: On to Talladega (Rolling Thunder) (Mass Market Paperback)

I have to admit I bought this book at a grocery store. The cover caught my attention and now I see there are others I have to order. Great, historically accurate book about racing. Surprised the publisher didn't make the author put in all the silly stuff most stories about NASCAR have. Or make them be negative about racing. Been a fan for thirty years and this is the way it is...good and bad!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rolling Thunder: On To Talledega, January 24, 2000

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Paul Maddux - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing: On to Talladega (Rolling Thunder) (Mass Market Paperback)

I Think this book is a great sequal to the Rolling Thunder series. It depicts the action of a true racer, when Jodell is forced to let his cheif wrench in the cockpit of his car after a serios wreck at the new talledega track in Alabama. I find that the book follows history very well interluding a ficitional chacter with the likes of Richard Petty, David Pearson, Tiny Lund and other NASCAR legends. I would suggest this book to anyone who is interested in learning the roots of stock car racing to buy this book and any of the other Rolling Thunder books. I can't wait for #5 to come out.