Stand on It

by Stroker Ace

Book Overview

Stand on It is the ribald, lunatic "autobiography" of one of the craziest, meanest race car drivers who ever lived -- Stroker Ace. Filled with the gritty authenticity and roaring excitement of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345242262
• ISBN13: 9780345242266
• Release Date: September 1974
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Not the stated condition

Ordered this book thinking it was in good condition, the entire bind area is dislocated from the pages and there was multiple stains with no sleeve with this purchase. Not very happy with this purchase.

If you love NASCAR before the corporate world took over...

Welcome to the way NASCAR was when men were men, the cars were men and the women were, well...women. The all-time funniest expose' on NASCAR ever, bar none. This is back before the Politically Correct corporate culture that has taken over NASCAR existed. If you know a little NASCAR history, you'll identify the people (the names were changed to protect the guilty) and howl with laughter. Will someone Pulleezze make a movie that is really based on this book, not the Hal Needham peice of junk that waw released to theaters. Enjoy.

Must read for older racing fans

This book is dated now, but it is a great read for folks who were fans of the sport in the 60's and 70's. There were lots of stories from that period that took place on and off the track that are recounted in the book.It makes me laugh out loud every time I read it!

The REAL story about auto racing

This book is an absolute MUST READ for anyone who ever wondered how to park their car in a swimming pool. Find out what racers really think just before they smack a wall at 200 mph. Learn how to start racing in a Birdcage and wind up in the big league of NASCAR. Learn out to turn a visit to the infield hospital into a long term relationship. Also, the finer points of racing in reverse gear at night. Seriously, this book is a riot! I read it orginally in the early 70's and have been searching for it ever since then. Not to be confused with the horrid movie starring Burt Reynolds.

Just how good IS it?

STAND ON IT is to auto racing, as Spinal Tap is to rock & roll. These are nearly true happenings, based loosely on the life of the late Curtis Turner, a 50's & 60's NASCAR legend. The driving techniques are so vivid that it feels as if you're riding along. But let's not forget the women, and the alcohol, and the absolute insanity. The best semi-documentary on auto racing you'll ever read.

a great story for the man who has a driving desire to drive

fast and hard and live life on the edge. also may enlighten some wives of those men who stare at the tv all day sunday. we like stock car racing because it's a reckless, death defying,push it to the limit sport. deep down, most men secretly wish they could be Stroker Ace. free of all obligations except winning the race. In the end, Stroker Ace wish's he was just like us. hmm.. guess the grass is always greener in the infield. the moral of the book is this: "if you're ever gonna stand on it at all, stand on it now. the longer you wait, the slower you get".