Robert Williams, artist
DRIVING ME WILD is an objective survey of Americas love/hate preoccupations with the souped up internal combustion engine and the modified vehicle it goes in. Leah Kerr fully explores the resurgence of fascination with todays auto fetish.

Bob Post, author of High Performance: The Culture and Technology of Drag Racing and curator emeritus, Smithsonian Institution
Leah Kerr carries the reader into a parallel universe where the atmospherenitromethane!sustains edgy and sublime sorts of art and ingenuity. There is great reading on every page, and real passion, too, as when Leah decries the greed, commercialism and favoritism that threaten to strangle the soul of car culture".

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: A real thrill-ride for the drag racing enthusiast!, March 24, 2000 By  "autographsrus" (San Francisco) - See all my reviews This book has it all...tire-smokin' facts on the stars of drag racing, past and present, the whole scene...the bands and songs, the art, everything about the fast and loud world of drag racing. Read it now!  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   4 of 5 people found the following review helpful: Nitro-Powered Outlaw Culture is Just the Way I Like It!, April 12, 2000 By  a reader (Santa Monica, California) - See all my reviews My boyfriend gave me this book for my birthday and I can't put it down. It covers all the things I love about going to the races. This book illustrates the excitement of drag racing from people who devote their lives to finding ways to go faster, entertaining a crowd and staying alive all at the same time! Leah Kerr's book beautifully describes a spectator's (like me) attraction to this sport. She lays out an easily understandable history that credits women like Barbara Hamilton, Della Woods and Paula Murphy (yeah, and the great Shirley Muldowney), for their racing determination. It's nitro-powered!  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   6 of 16 people fou