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
