Download or read book Charlotte Motor Speedway History written by Deb Williams and published by Sports. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engines roared at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the first time in 1960, and the track has been home to some of NASCAR's greatest races and most honored drivers ever since. Despite early challenges, Bruton Smith and Humpy Wheeler took charge in 1975, and together sculpted one of the most famous race tracks in America as host of the Coca-Cola 600 and the Sprint All-Star Race. In 1992, the track became the first modern speedway to host night racing and thousands of race fans watched their favorite drivers swap paint under the North Carolina night sky. Get in the groove with racing journalist Deb Williams as she traces the history of the Charlotte Motor Speedway, with plenty of pit-stops along the way.
Download or read book Charlotte Motor Speedway written by Deb Williams and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Charlotte Motor Speedway opened in June 1960, the track built by Bruton Smith and Curtis Turner became a cornerstone in the decade that launched NASCAR's superspeedway era. Stock car racing's first paved 1.5-mile track immediately grabbed the motorsports world's attention with the young sport's longest event--a 600-mile race. And the track never left the spotlight, despite struggling through several years of bankruptcy. After regaining control of his beloved track in 1975, Smith, along with former speedway general manager H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler and current president Marcus Smith, transformed the facility into a groundbreaking showplace with trackside condominiums, a 16,000-square-foot high-definition television screen, the luxurious Speedway Club, VIP suites, stadium seating, and the first superspeedway in NASCAR's modern era to host night racing. The historic speedway has always been a favorite with Hollywood filmmakers and in recent years has expanded into a multiuse motorsports facility.
Download or read book Auto Racing in Charlotte and the Carolina Piedmont written by Marc P. Singer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlotte and the Carolina Piedmont has an extensive and legendary tradition of automobile racing. Soon after 1904, when the first car was registered in Charlotte, autos became a part of everyday life. Car racing was just around the bend: an open-road race was run through Charlotte as early as 1908. Many drivers themselves have hailed from the area, and some are said to have received early training by running moonshine and outrunning authorities. Probably the best-known aspect of Carolina racing is the Queen City's involvement since 1949 with NASCAR, which hosts many of its big names and operations. Auto Racing in Charlotte and the Carolina Piedmont explores the story behind the various forms of the sport, the kinds of people who have raced, and the reasons why they have done so. Historic photographs-many never before published-trace the history of NASCAR and look beyond the professional aspect to include the dragracers, wannabees, kids, and just plain amateurs participating in this cultural phenomenon. The story includes the first formal oval track, constructed entirely of wooden planks and opened in 1925. Other famous Charlotte locations, including professional dirt tracks, drag strips, and even a paved track dedicated to Soap Box Derby, are also revisited. Images of fans, mechanics, and hangers-on round out this singular journey of racing in the Carolinas.
Download or read book Charlotte Motor Speedway written by Greg Fielden and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2000 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This photographic retrospective follows the history of NASCAR at Charlotte Motor Speedway as the sport grows from a regional attraction to a national obsession and the cars evolve from factory-stock automobiles to hand-built racers. 200 photos, 100 in color.
Download or read book Charlotte Motor Speedway History written by Deb Williams and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engines roared at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the first time in 1960, and the track has been home to some of NASCAR's greatest races and most honored drivers ever since. Despite early challenges, Bruton Smith and Humpy Wheeler took charge in 1975, and together sculpted one of the most famous race tracks in America as host of the Coca-Cola 600 and the Sprint All-Star Race. In 1992, the track became the first modern speedway to host night racing and thousands of race fans watched their favorite drivers swap paint under the North Carolina night sky. Get in the groove with racing journalist Deb Williams as she traces the history of the Charlotte Motor Speedway, with plenty of pit-stops along the way.
Download or read book The True Story of Curtis Turner written by Dennis Treece and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The True Story of Curtis Turner: A Racing Legend (A Two –Time Hall of Famer) by Dennis Treece Curtis Turner won an incredible 360 races in various stock-car racing circuits from 1946 to 1965, and is widely recognized as one of the greatest dirt-track drivers in history. A true pioneer of the sport, Turner went from running moonshine for his father as a kid to earning the distinction of NASCAR’s first driver to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated. A 1992 inductee into International Motorsports Hall of Fame, Turner is without a doubt an all-time racing legend. It was more than Turner’s winning ways that cemented his legendary status with racing fans and fellow drivers. With a swashbuckling style both on and off the track, Turner was a partier, a playboy, and an innovative entrepreneur, who had an eager but edgy spirit that “drove him through one of the most cantankerous lives ever lived.” Told through the eyes of best friend and business associate Dennis Treece, The True Story of Curtis Turner: A Racing Legend (A Two-Time Hall of Famer) reveals never-before-told stories from Turner’s life, a life Treece describes as “momentous havoc.” From outrunning police during his moonshine days to out-racing NASCAR’s best drivers (including one year where he won a record 25 NASCAR events), Turner’s skill and moxie never waned behind the wheel. He earned the nickname “Pops” for his propensity to “pop” other drivers on the track. Turner attempted to organize a drivers’ union in 1961, earning a lifetime ban from NASCAR. (The ban was lifted in 1965.) Yet, off the track was where the real mayhem occurred. In one tragically foreshadowing story, Treece recounts one of Turner’s several brush-with-death experiences in the cockpit. An avid pilot—an indispensable hobby after he lost his driver’s license—Turner and a few business associates flew from Philadelphia to Charlotte in a brutal snowstorm. Landing on a snow-packed runway, his plane was estimated to carry 150 pounds of ice. After the precarious landing, Turner merely said to his passengers, “Hell of a day, ain’t it boys!” Dennis Treece also recounts Turner’s entrepreneurial zeal. A self-made millionaire buying and selling timberland, Turner often sought experimental ways to supplement his income, including his ill-fated attempt to broker a deal for The Ford Motor Company to purchase advertising space on U.S. Currency. Treece also poignantly recounts Turner’s final plane crash on October 4, 1970, the day “Lady Luck kissed my hero goodbye.” The True Story of Curtis Turner is a tale of a remarkable life and an ode to a missed friend.
Download or read book Growing Up NASCAR written by Humpy Wheeler and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the earliest days of the sport, when Humpy often used his fists to keep order, to NASCAR's transition to a multi-billion-dollar business, Humpy's life has paralleled American stock car racing.
Download or read book Dale Earnhardt written by Adam R. Schaefer and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about one of the best drivers in NASCAR history.
Download or read book Superspeedway written by Richard Benyo and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ultimate NASCAR Road Trip written by Heather Rule and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title introduces readers to the best race tracks in the country with ovals like Charlotte Motor Speedway and the Talladega Superspeedway among other great tracks. The title features text boxes for each track, fun facts, rich photos, and a glossary. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Download or read book I Was a NASCAR REDNECK written by Will Cronkrite and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography about my life on the farm in Michigan, my involvement in NASCAR from 1970 to 1993, and descriptions about my ten most favorite car builds. Go carts, sports cars, stock cars, Model A's and a Humvee
Download or read book Start Your Engines written by Jay W. Pennell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Start Your Engines contains twenty-nine chapters describing different inaugural accomplishments that have taken place throughout NASCAR history. This book answers the following questions: • When was NASCAR officially founded? • Where was the first Strictly Stock race held? • What was the first flag-to-flag race ever broadcast on TV? • When was the first night race? • When and where was the first international NASCAR race held? • Who was the first woman to win the Daytona 500 pole position? • And many more! In Start Your Engines, seasoned writer Jay W. Pennell outlines some of the most iconic and unknown firsts in NASCAR history. From Red Byron to Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt to Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson to Danica Patrick, Pennell also covers some of the biggest names of the sport and their landmark contributions. Providing in-depth explanations of each milestone, Pennell takes readers through the peaks and valleys of NASCAR history and details the impact each first had on the legacy of the sport. From the earliest days of NASCAR’s foundation, to the high banks of Daytona and famed Brickyard at Indianapolis, Pennell also looks at monumental dates and races that changed the sport and helped it grow from a small gathering of race car drivers and promoters into the multibillion-dollar sports industry it is today. This book is a unique look at racing for new and experienced NASCAR fans alike. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. In addition to books on popular team sports, we also publish books for a wide variety of athletes and sports enthusiasts, including books on running, cycling, horseback riding, swimming, tennis, martial arts, golf, camping, hiking, aviation, boating, and so much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Download or read book NASCAR Racing written by Paul Challen and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NASCAR is one of today’s hottest sports. This book gives readers a close an up-close look at everything that makes this sport exciting, competitive, thrilling, and even dangerous. Beginning with NASCAR’s history, the text examines how the sport has evolved, the men and women who work in the pit and behind the wheel, and interesting facts about the extreme races that are broadcast around the world. The text includes tips for readers to get involved and a graphic organizer of NASCAR’s recognizable flags. Sidebars and “Fast Fact” fact boxes provide opportunities for additional learning.
Download or read book Built for Speed written by Bob Latford and published by Running Press Book Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A photographic tour of twenty-five NASCAR tracks on the Winston Cup Circuit, reviewing the physical characteristics, evolution, and history of the raceways, and looking at some of the drivers who have been successful at each one.
Download or read book 1001 NASCAR Facts written by John Close and published by CarTech Inc. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly 70 years, NASCAR has been the premier sanctioning body for organized Stock Car Racing in the United States. During that time, the sport has grown from a Southern, regional series to a global brand with its races telecast in more than 100 countries around the world.
Author John Close details the earliest races of the 20th Century that laid the groundwork for the formation of NASCAR through today's modern events at mega-race stadiums across the country. Presented in an easy-to-read decade-by-decade "Fact Format," this books allows you to spend a couple of minutes or hours at a time learning about the Cars (and Trucks), Personalities, Tracks, and Milestones of NASCAR, America's most popular and attended form of motorsports. Close, a longtime NASCAR journalist, author, team member, and race-day Spotter, also includes dozens of rare and informative photos that take you from the famed "Beach Course" at Daytona to the high banks of today's NASCAR tracks. A must read for any NASCAR, Stock Car Racing, and American Motorsports fan, the book will provide hours of interesting entertainment as it uncovers rare information and statistical anomalies. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial}
Download or read book NASCAR Off The Record written by Brock Yates and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2004-11-12 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like any giant enterprise, the NASCAR we see today is very different from the regional race series launched by a visionary Bill France in the late 1940s. Few writers are as intimately aware of that history as Car and Driver's Brock Yates. In the 1950s he recalls the intimate nature of the sport's early years, when he would see the entire Petty family working together, Richard wrenching on the car while his father cooked for the family on a bar-b-que grill. In 1979, Yates was reporting from the pits for ABC at the Daytona 500 when the infamous fight erupted between Cale Yarborough and the Allison boys. His perspective spans nearly 50 years, and his wry observations are always sure to incite both cheers and jeers. NASCAR Off the Record is a pithy, opiniated, hilarious, and compelling collection of some of the greatest NASCAR stories of all time, as told by a man who was present at the scene.About the AuthorWhile best known for his columns in Car and Driver and his television reporting, Brock Yates has written numerous books, including Cannonball: The World's Greatest Outlaw Road Race (ISBN 0-7603-1090-4), and The Hot Rod (ISBN 0-7603-1598-1). He also wrote the film scripts for Cannonball Run and Smokey and the Bandit II. His NASCAR stories date almost to the very beginning of the series. Brock lives with his wife Pamela in the towns of Wyoming, New York, and Alexandria Bay, New York. He is the proud father of four children and two grandchildren. Vintage automobile racing consumes his spare time.- From the best-selling author of Cannonball!, Brock Yates takes an irreverent look at the grand spectacle of NASCAR- NASCAR is the largest and fastest growing American automotive racing series
Download or read book Speed Dreams written by Jay Ahuja and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Daytona to Talladega to Watkins Glen, this book tells you how to get the biggest bang for your buck at every track in every American city that hosts the NASCAR Winston Cup series. If you have a need for speed, this is the book to read.
