Stock Car Race Fan's Reference Guide: Understanding Nascar [Paperback]

William Burt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 9, 1999

With over 300 color photos and nearly 200 pages of text, the Stock Car Race Fans Reference Guide is the 50-year history of NASCAR, from its beginnings up through 1998.

This information-packed guide contains chapters on everything from building the chassis and assembling the body, to wheels and tires. Includes coverage of the teams, races and racers, and profiles tracks from the Atlanta Motor Speedway to Watkins Glen. Career records, season records and stats round out this reference.

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About the Author

Bill Burt, a veteran NASCAR journalist, is also the author of MBI's Behind the Scenes of NASCAR.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Motorbooks; 1st edition (April 9, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760305099
• ISBN-13: 978-0760305096
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 8.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,652,377 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost a Tech Manual, May 4, 2000

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This review is from: Stock Car Race Fan's Reference Guide: Understanding Nascar (Paperback)

This book is very informative. After reading the first Three Chapters, you can almost gather the right materials and build your own stock car. I like how it gets into the setup and the constant work that happens to not only get the car to the track, but keep in on the track. After reading this, you tend to think that the movie, Days of Thunder, was nothing more then a love story. It was interesting to learn in this book how much the littlest thing can affect a stock car; Did you know that tire pressure can be the difference in getting around the corner or becoming a part of the wall? It's in the book. Also gives you a different perspective on how the driver feels and the conditions he is under when the car gets crunched and he continues on. I have a new respect for those guys. Also after reading this book, I can now understand the heartbreak and anxiety some of these teams feel, when their cars get "bumped" and "rubbed" while in the race. This book is good for those who want to learn about NASCAR Winston Cup Cars, and for those "know it all experts" that really should read this book. Also it has a lot of photos of almost every team, and Big "E"'s number 3 is in there alot, heck I ought to give it another star just for that. Last thing, for any of you highly detailed model builders looking for some good detail on NASCAR cup cars, this is your book.