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Around the Turn: How Stock Car Racing Became One of the Most Popular Sports in the United States.
Race cars careening around yet another turn seem common-place today, but the sport had to maneuver around some daunting roadblocks just to get to the start-finish line and faces more in the future.In Around the Turn, NASCAR historian Bill Lazarus documents NASCAR's greatest triumphs, and some of its more bizarre moments ...*The first unofficial race, where six hardy drivers dodged snowballs and hypothermia.*The arrival of media savvy drivers like Richard Petty who nevertheless led a short-lived strike.*The growth in prestige from early derision to the surprise visit by President Ronald Reagan along with kings and Hollywood royalty.*The 1979 fistfight that sparked media interest and prompted widespread television coverage.*The roadblocks now facing NASCAR as it seeks a wider audience amid rising costs and growing competition.Around the Turn is a perfect companion volume to Sands of Time: Celebrating 100 Years of Racing (also by William P. Lazarus), taking readers on a wild ride through racing history.
Book Details
- Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publish Date: Dec 27th, 2016
- Pages: 168
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.50in - 5.51in - 0.36in - 0.44lb
- EAN: 9781541090934
- Categories: • Motor Sports
About the Author
Bill Lazarus has been a veteran NASCAR historian whose book, The Sands of Time, Celebrating 100 years of Racing in Daytona, was first published in 2004. A second edition was published in 2016. A native of Maine, he served as a reporter and editor for several newspapers and magazines, spent five years as editorial manager for ISC Publications, producing programs for races, and has taught writing classes at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach (Fla.) Community College and in high school.