The Racetracks Book: A Journey Around the Tracks Where Stock Cars Roar

by Mark McCarter, The Sporting News, Sporting News

They come in all shapes and sizes, lengths and distances. They come with varying banks and turns, curves and corners. They dot the nation, from New York to California, from the Southeast to the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892047046
• ISBN13: 9780892047048
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
• Length: 231 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 11.3" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

It Doesn't Get Much Better Than This

No longer a dusty realm occupied solely by the Southern male, NASCAR has exploded over the last decade into a full-throttle national obsession. That said, it's only fitting that Mark McCarter, a homegrown Tennessee boy who's become a nationally recognized sportswriter, should be at the wheel of this tribute to America's newest past time. McCarter's evocative prose flawlessly blends a professional's dizzying knowledge of the sport with a race fan's tender passion. The heart-pounding, full-color photographs of Talladega, Daytona, and other racetracks around the U.S. are so vivid you'll swear you can smell the motor oil rising off the page! The Racetracks Book is a must-have for any red-blooded American who calls himself-or herself-a NASCAR fan.

What a great book!

I love NASCAR and I'm so excited about this book. The pictures are amazing, but there's so much I didn't really know about the racetracks. This is a very well-written book and the author did a fantastic job!

McCarter is brilliant!

Mark McCarter is simply one of the most prolific sportswriters of our time. His poignant and powerful memoirs of life around the culturally diverse venues of NASCAR is spellbinding and makes any fan heady with excitement for his or her next visit to the track.

Must Have For Racing Fans

This book is a gem. Mark McCarter, a gifted and nationally recognized newspaper sports columnist, has done for stock car racing what Jack London did for dogs and James Joyce once did for drunk Irishmen. This book is the ultimate compliment to a fan's love of NASCAR. Grown fans will love this book for the access it gives them to some of America's premier tracks. But children will also love the pictures and stories. So parents, listen up: put down those boring Fairy Tales and pick up "The Racetracks Book" when your kids demand a bedtime story.