ISBN:

• 9780807833841
• 0807833843

Description: 348 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-333) and index.

Contents:

• In the beginning-- there was Bristol
• The Piedmont hell of a fellow and the origins of stock car racing
• Home-towners going at it tooth and nail : pre-World War II Piedmont stock car racing
• Rough and rowdy : Big Bill, the Atlanta Bootleggers, and the Bootlegger tracks
• A paper dream? : the creation and early years of NASCAR
• Darlington, Bamooda shorts, Jocko Flocko, and the fabulous Hudson Hornet : NASCAR Grand National, 1950-1954
• I would have been willing to bet-- we would never have to sleep in the car again : feast and famine, NASCAR, 1955-1958
• High stakes poker : NASCAR, 1959-1963
• Give 'em all a shot of whiskey and drop the flag : NASCAR's danger years, 1964-1967
• The dirt tracks are rapidly becoming a thing of the past : the end of the beginning, 1968-1972
• Back to Bristol.

LCCN: 2009039436

Control Number: 704944

Subjects:

• France, Bill, 1909-1992.
• NASCAR (Association)
• Stock car racing -- History.