The Stock Car Racing Encyclopedia

By Peter Golenbock

From the first organized races in the 1940s to the super speedway action of today, this comprehensive book features complete statistics for every driver who's ever competed in a race, results of every race from 1949 through the 1995-96 season, a comprehensive listing of record holders and award winners, and more. 32 photos.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0028608593
• ISBN13: 9780028608594
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Macmillan General Reference
• Length: 896 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.5" x 2.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

For a sport with no real statistics, a noble attempt

I am not a NASCAR fan, but I am a statistical sports buff. While stock car racing doesn't really qualify as a sport, this book does its best to catalog as many 'stats' as can be collected. While I'd like average finish information and breakdowns by dirt, tri-oval, road, superspeadway, etc, this is a good start at creating an encyclopedia of stock car racing. The key stats are 1st, 2nd, ... 5th place finishes, laps completed, and events started for each year. Another edition with far more detail would be quite welcome.