Real NASCAR: White Lightning, Red Clay, and Big Bill France

by Daniel S. Pierce

Book Overview

In this history of the stock car racing circuit known as NASCAR, Daniel Pierce offers a revealing new look at the sport from its postwar beginnings on Daytona Beach and Piedmont dirt tracks through the early 1970s when the sport spread beyond its southern roots and gained national recognition. Following NASCAR founder Big Bill France from his start as a mechanic, Real NASCAR details the sport's genesis as it has never been shown before. Pierce...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469609916
• ISBN13: 9781469609911
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"