- Celebrate Lancaster Speedway’s 50th anniversary in 2008 with John Bisci’s LANCASTER HEROES pictorial. Relive the golden era of asphalt Modified racing at historic Lancaster Speedway near Buffalo, N.Y., from 1966-1976. In its heyday, Lancaster Speedway played host to some of the biggest names and events in Modified racing. LANCASTER HEROES is a full-sized soft-cover book (8.5x11 inches), with 128 pages and 452 black-and-white photos. (Photos by Gordon Reinig, statistics by Mark Southcott.) The first printing sold out almost immediately and only limited quantities from the second press run remain. When they are sold out, they are gone forever.
Drivers, personalities and attractions included in the book: Richie Evans, Jackie Soper (Lancaster’s first feature winner), Dutch Hoag, Roger Treichler, Geoff Bodine, Bill Rafter, Merv Treichler, Don Diffendorf, Maynard Troyer, Jean-Guy Chartrand, Bob Santos, Ray Hendrick, Lee Osborne, Jerry Cook, Chuck Boos, Lou Lazzaro, Jim Shampine, Bill Bitterman, Ted Renshaw, Jim Rudolph, beloved promoter Ed Serwacki, Buffalo’s Civic Stadium, Cam Gagliardi, the Astro-Spiral Car, Ron Lux, Sonny Barron, Bill Brainard, Ron Martin, Bryan Osgood, Gary Iulg, Jim Howard, Jim McGraw, Ross Holmes, Bobby Hudson, Frankie "$8" Smith, Mike Loescher, Leo Lewandowski, Sege Fidanza, Satch Worley, Late Models, Mini-Stocks, TQ Midgets and drag racing on the 1/8-mile strip. Includes seven pages of detailed stats (wins, championships) and an original Bruce Roll cartoon! For more, see lancasterheroes.com.(5-10-2008)
- Bridge-Logos Publishers & The Jamie McMurray Foundation Team Up to Fight Autism Bridge-Logos Publishers has partnered with Brad Henry, author of Destination—The Winner’s Circle, and NASCAR driver Jamie McMurray to raise money and awareness of autism. Brad Henry and Jamie McMurray have at least two things in common—autism and NASCAR. Brad‘s eight-year-old son, Chase, and Jamie‘s niece are both autistic. This is why a portion of the proceeds from the sale of each book are being donated to the Jamie McMurray Foundation. Destination—The Winner’s Circle is a series of devotions for anyone who is searching for the meaning of life, pain, trials, and success. Based on Henry‘s racing experience in college as a runner and his current work with NASCAR, Henry will guide you through =every leg of life‘s race,‘ opening the way to ultimate victory, through Christ Jesus, in every aspect of your life. More info at bridgelogos.com.(5-4-2008)
- New Book, Portraits of NASCAR: They may leave us in the dust week-after-week by zooming around the track at unbelievable speeds, but when it comes down to it NASCAR drivers are just like the rest of us. In Portraits of NASCAR by Anita Rich and Robin Dallenbach (Foreword by Casey Mears) fans will have the opportunity to see through the dust and catch a rare glimpse inside the personal lives of their favorite drivers and owners. These stunning black and white photographs capture the homes, lives, families and hobbies of our NASCAR heroes away from the track. You'll see photos of:
" Tony Stewart displaying his need for speed in his free time while on his motorcycle
" Richard Childress exhibiting his other pleasure in life - Childress Vineyards
" Michael Waltrip providing coaching tips to his daughter about her golf game
" Dale Earnhardt Jr. shooting a ball into the corner pocket during a game of pool
" Rusty Wallace gearing up to fly his plane - another passion in his life
Licensed by NASCAR and part of the NASCAR Library Collection, Portraits of NASCAR slows down the pace and provides a first-hand look at how drivers go about their everyday lives and interact with their families on a regular basis as devoted fathers, husbands, and friends. Fans will finally see the drivers in a different setting away from the world that is NASCAR. More info at Portraits of NASCAR.(4-2-2008)
- New Book on a Motorsports Pioneer: Few fans of auto racing might know the name Ed Otto. However, it is safe to say the sport would be a very different place if it were not for the cigar-chewing, super-promoter from New Jersey. Now, through detailed research, interviews and personal memories, Ed Otto's son Edgar and co-writer Joann Biondi
introduce this little known motorsports leader in Ed Otto, NASCAR's Silent Partner. In exploring Otto's professional life, Ed Otto, NASCAR's Silent Partner surveys the explosive years of auto racing from the 1930s through the 1970s, a time that set the stage for the phenomenal growth which NASCAR enjoys today.
Otto was a true pioneer of auto racing, bringing some of the greatest innovations the sport has ever known. The dapper promoter, whose hallmark greeting was "Hello, Sucker", was the first to utilize television to broadcast races, the first to incorporate airplanes to transport race cars from one event to another and he encouraged the use of shoulder harnesses in race cars. However, it is possible that his greatest mark was left on NASCAR. As one of the few "outsiders" to be invited into NASCAR's inner-circle, Otto joined the stock car racing organization's original owners group as a silent partner with a 20 percent stake in 1949. In 1954 that share grew to 40 percent making him an equal partner with Bill France, Sr. Otto held that role until leaving NASCAR in 1963.
Among his many accomplishments with NASCAR, Otto was the first to take the organization "national", out of its traditional Southern roots. He was the first to promote a NASCAR race out of the country (July 1, 1952 at Stamford Park, Niagara Falls, Canada) and the first to promote a NASCAR race with foreign cars (Langhorne (PA) Speedway, July 21, 1953). Otto promoted NASCAR's first road racing event which was held on a temporary course laid out at the Linden (N.J.) Airport (June 13, 1954) and its longest race, a 12 hour endurance event also on the Linden course (August 22, 1954). He promoted "The King" Richard Petty's first Cup race in 1958 and NASCAR's first visit to Watkins Glen. The underappreciated legend also sat side-by-side with "Big Bill" France 50 years ago this month when a neck-to-neck finish demanded the two partners determine the first winner of the Daytona 500 in 1959.
Ed Otto, NASCAR's Silent Partner is available for purchase at www.Coastal181.com.(4-2-2008)
- Dale Jr. featured on ESPN The Magazine cover Five-time NASCAR Most Popular Driver #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. is among a select group of professional sports stars featured on unique covers for ESPN The Magazine's 10th anniversary issue, released this week. The double-sided special edition features 10 covers, five on each side and in random order. The front half highlights athletes who have dominated their respective sport in the last 10 years -- baseball's Ichiro Suzuki, NFL running back LaDainian Tomlinson, pro basketball player Tim Duncan, tennis sisters Venus and Serena Williams, and professional snowboarder Shaun White. The flip side is devoted to athletes believed to shine over the next 10 years -- Earnhardt Jr., pro basketball player LeBron James, hockey star Sidney Crosby, New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez and NFL quarterback Vince Young. Earnhardt Jr.'s cover was shot by photographer Matt Jones, who shows the driver not in typical NASCAR attire but in a single-breasted Armani suit and tie. This marks the third time Earnhardt Jr. has appeared on the cover of ESPN The Magazine. He and Matt Kenseth shared the cover for the 1999 NASCAR Preview, and he alone was the subject of a cover story in the Feb. 18, 2002 edition. "It was a real honor to be included in this 10th anniversary project for ESPN The Magazine," Earnhardt Jr. said. "It's humbling to be among athletes of this caliber. I hope ESPN is correct in that we can generate a few headlines in the next 10 years. I feel like we can." In addition to the 10 covers, each athlete was photographed in settings of special meaning or personal significance for the inside pages. In homage to the history of NASCAR and his racing roots, Earnhardt Jr. took ESPN The Magazine to his vintage gas station in Mooresville, N.C., where photographer Sarah Friedman shot Earnhardt Jr. and his 1972 Camaro. "I have a great appreciation for the history of NASCAR where I grew up in Kannapolis," Earnhardt Jr. said. "This old-school gas station reminds me of that town, where the old cotton mill was the big industry. It's all torn down now, and I'm real nostalgic for it." ESPN The Magazine's 10th anniversary edition is on newsstands now. Fans can also log on to www.espnthemag.com for behind-the-scenes footage of each athlete at their respective photo shoots, as well as prominent feature articles that have appeared in the magazine during its first 10 years of publication.(HMS PR)(3-20-2008)
- Daytona 500: 50 Years of The Great American Race DVD Set available: the much-anticipated release of the Daytona 500: 50 Years of The Great American Race DVD SET is now available for pre-order online. The sets should begin shipping exclusively from A&E on February 26th. To celebrate the DVD release, A&E is offer 25% off the set to anyone who pre-order by February 26th. More info at store.aetv.com. Specifics on the sets: To celebrate this legendary race - and its historic Golden Anniversary - NASCAR has created a simply fantastic DVD set to help you relive the drama and excitement of Newman's victorious effort. With the exclusive My Race technology, you choose how you watch Daytona. Whether riding shotgun with Newman, in the cars of any one of five of his competitors, or from above with the official broadcast feed, you will never experience a race like this! And you can switch views and audio whenever you like!
* Choose from 5 different drivers' in-car views and 6 audio channels.
* Join the action leading to Ryan Newman's stunning victory in the '08 Daytona 500!
* Watch the 52-minute broadcast highlight feed or ride shotgun with the best drivers in the sport!
* You control the experience with your remote and the My Race Onscreen Dashboard
* Plus, as an added bonus, this set includes a second DVD loaded with two exclusive NASCAR programs celebrating the legacy and importance of the Daytona 500.
* A Sports Century features a roundtable discussion with NASCAR greats like Richard Petty and Jeff Gordon recalling the moments and personalities that defined Daytona.
* And The Top 50 Daytona 500 Moments is the definitive history of NASCAR's greatest event.
(A&E Television Networks PR)(2-22-2008)
- NASCAR / Driver Calenders? see calendars.com.(1-13-2008)
- New NASCAR Comic Book by Mike Smith: America's fastest-growing spectator sport departs from the asphalt and heads to the funny pages with Mike Smith's comic creation StockcarToons. Boasting a fan base as diverse as Bill Clinton and the Vatican--who have each asked for originals of his work--Smith tackles NASCAR governance issues, race-car rivalries, corporate sponsorships, and other essential particulars on the minds of NASCAR fans with the keen eye of a well-seasoned editorial cartoonist. Equally adept at addressing the mechanics of the sport as he is addressing those under the hood, Smith has proven himself not only to NASCAR fans, but to a host of professional drivers, pit crew members, and sportscasters who laud his work. This StockcarToons gift collection features color in addition to Smith's standard black-and-white published panels. More info at the Las Vegas Sun.(12-27-2007)
- Dale Jr. Sports Century on DVD: ESPN’s Critically Acclaimed SportsCentury Series Profiles One of NASCAR’s Most Popular Drivers – SportsCentury Greatest Athletes: Dale Earnhardt Jr. on DVD. Two Hours of Candid Bonus Features and Interviews Provide Insight into Dale Jr.’s Relationship With His Legendary Father Dale Earnhardt Sr. and More. ESPN Home Entertainment, in conjunction with Genius Products, LLC, to release the much-anticipated SportsCentury Greatest Athletes: Dale Earnhardt Jr.; on DVD Tuesday, December 11, for $16.95 SRP. SportsCentury Greatest Athletes: Dale Earnhardt Jr. provides fans with a unique and rarely seen look into the life of the man who continues the Earnhardt legacy. The DVD includes in-depth interviews providing insight into his relationship with his father, the legendary Dale Earnhardt Sr.; also featured - the press conference announcing Dale Jr.’s departure from DEI, updates since his departure and its impact on NASCAR.(more info at espnshop.com)(12-9-2007)
- NASCAR My Race: The Nextel Cup Chase for the Championship puts the excitement and fast-paced action of NASCAR at center stage for a 10-week, don't miss countdown to crown the series' champion. But what if a fan misses a race? Or, what if they want to watch the action again? Until now, there was nothing they could do. But today, race fans can simply go online at www.MyRaceDVD.com and order their favorite races from the Chase for the Championship for the special price of $24.95. Each race weekend, My Race offers fans a Collector's Edition DVD of the race featuring more than six hours of race footage and exclusive content. Each race DVD will include:
* A 52-minute highlight of the race broadcast
* Six selectable driver and broadcast audio channels
* Six selectable camera views
* Opportunity for viewers to ride shotgun with five different drivers
* My Race OnScreen Dashboard to manage the action
* At-track interviews with top drivers and NASCAR celebrities by My Race reporter John Roberts, beginning with the Bristol race in August and continuing through the season finale in Miami * Feature reports on race day by John Roberts
* Special bonus DVD that includes:
· Passes and clashes from each race in quad- and split-screen format
· A 52-minute highlight of the previous year's race at that track
· Behind-the-scenes interviews from each track
* Wallpaper downloads(PR)(9-13-2007)
- Cup races on DVD: Want to watch every Cup race commercial-free? Want to have 'Onscreen Dashboard" control to watch action from almost every angle imaginable?
Want to ride shotgun with five drivers, listening to all their communication with crew members? Team 19 Marketing, led by NFL Hall of Famer/CEO Lance Alworth and president Tony Cunha, is offering a collector's edition DVD of each race featuring more than six hours of race footage and special driver interviews. They can be purchased for $34.95 each by going to www.MyRaceDVD.com. The DVDs should be available within two to three weeks after the event.(8-25-2007)
- Kenny Wallace Book Released: Motorsports publisher Coastal 181 announced the release of Inside Herman's World, the autobiography of popular NASCAR driver and SPEED TV personality Kenny Wallace. The book was written with Joyce Standridge and includes forewords by Dale Earnhardt Jr., Mark Martin, and Ken Schrader. One of auto racing's most likable personalities, Kenny Wallace is also a dedicated racer. A NASCAR crew chief before he was 21 years old, nine-time winner in the Busch Series, and go-to Super Sub for Nextel Cup car owners, "Herman" provides a compellingly honest view of life inside the top tiers of NASCAR racing today. Included are more than 300 classic photos of Wallace, from his childhood days in St. Louis to dramatic racing shots to intimate portraits of his close-knit family. Lew Boyd, President of Coastal 181, said about the book, "After our success with Ken Schrader's GOTTA RACE!, we understood Joyce's rare ability to capture the voice and persona of her subject, but we didn't know Kenny Wallace very well. This latest book confirms her gift. It has been a pleasure for all of us involved in the project." Standridge agreed. "When Ken Schrader told me Herman's story would not be the one people would expect, I was intrigued. What could there possibly be beyond the happy-go-lucky guy who so effortlessly charms everyone? Well, let me tell you that I expected the laughs. I didn't expect the tears. And by the time we finished he had made me realize that he is one of the most fascinating people to ever strap on a helmet. I mean, ever."
And the process has been something of a revelation for Wallace himself. "I started out on this project, viewing it as a way to leave something for my children. But as we went along I realized that it was actually a funny kind of therapy. I told Joyce things that I hadn't told another living soul except my wife Kim. Then seeing important events in my life and racing in print, I understood why it's so easy for me to bond with the fans-most people's lives are about dealing with disappointment, broken promises, and failed dreams, as well as great joy and satisfaction. I've lived the Great American Dream on the tracks, but I've lived the Great American Nightmare in the garages, too. I've just never known what to expect next-but it all happened whether I was ready or not."
SIGNING: Kenny Wallace and Joyce Standridge will be signing their book during the Coca-Cola 600 weekend, on Thursday, May 24th from 5:00 to 6:00 pm at the Lowe's Motor Speedway gift shop and again on Saturday, May 26th from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Speed Street Festival in the Bank of America display located at the corner of Trade Street and Tryon Street in downtown Charlotte.
Inside Herman's World -The Kenny Wallace Story is soft-cover with 264 pages and over 300 photographs. It is available at $23.95 plus $6.00 S&H from Coastal 181, 29 Water Street, Newburyport, MA 01950. Phone orders are taken toll free at 877-907-8181 or online at www.coastal181.com. You can also purchase the book and find out more information about Herman at www.kennywallace.com.(5-23-2007)
- NASCAR Library Collection: is a division of NASCAR's overall licensing operation in its Charlotte office, NASCAR Publishing oversees more than 40 licensed publishing partners. In 2004, NASCAR launched the NASCAR Library Collection which provides a level of authenticity and quality to NASCAR licensed books. Representing a range of books as diverse and varied as the NASCAR fan base, the NASCAR Library Collection captures the NASCAR lifestyle from all angles. The NASCAR Library Collection includes books in a number of categories, including: drivers and personalities, cookbooks, history, children, fiction and romance, and statistics, facts and reference. NASCAR Library Collection titles can be found on NASCAR.com Superstore and in an array of retail outlets including mass market, bookstores, specialty and more.
- for past news, see the Racing Books News Page
Stock Car Legends Reunion Video
- Stock Car Legends Reunion: Twenty-four racing legends. The guy that built the cars, with the guys that drove the cars, the inspector that tore down the cars, with the writers that wrote about it and the announcers that announced it! You're about to go behind the scenes where you'll hear the stories directly from the legends that lived them. Over 20 [24] Racing Legends Including: Bobby and Donnie Allison, Buddy Baker, Ned Jarrett, Darrell Waltrip, Junior Johnson, Cale Yarborough, Harry Gant, Leonard Wood, Junie Donlavey, Richard Childress, Dave Marcis, David Pearson, Tom Higgins [the best story teller of all time] and many more. More info at
sportsreunion.net or call (800) 820-5405.(last checked on 12-27-2007)
UMI PUBLICATIONS
- UMI Publications is the publisher of The Official NASCAR Yearbooks. The finest photography and race by race coverage are what you have to come to demand from the best and ONLY OFFICIAL publication covering the entire NASCAR Cup seasons. Remember every edition of the NASCAR Cup Yearbook has sold out and is not reprinted. Other books by UMI Publications:
The Official NASCAR Nextel/Winston Cup Yearbooks
The NASCAR Preview and Press Guide
NASCAR WIVES: The Women Behind the Sunday Drivers
Dale Earnhardt - Determined
Bristol Motor Speedway: 40 Years of Thunder
Bill Elliott – The Fans’ Favorite
NASCAR 2000, The Evolution of Speed
Dale Jarrett, Winning: A Family Tradition
For more info and to order, see their site: UMI Publications
JAYSKI in a BOOK
DAVID BULL PUBLISHING
- "Stock Car Lives" Book Released - Chapter about Jayski! - When 43 cars thunder toward the start/finish line at the outset of a NASCAR Winston Cup race, they become the focus of some 190,000 people in the grandstands, 10 million TV viewers, and about two million radio listeners. While the 43 men driving those machines are in the spotlight, as many as 14,000 people worked behind the scenes to make that race a reality. Their stories are what make Stock-Car Racing Lives.
The book features 34 chapters that include 39 people from every level of the sport, from such superstars as Bobby Labonte and Richard Petty to virtual unknowns, such as David Carmichael, who lives in his van and travels the circuit to polish the wheels of race-car haulers. The men and women in Stock Car-Racing Lives are involved in every level of the sport and include drivers, business people, journalists, NASCAR officials, track personnel, and more. This fascinating cross-section of people gives fans a very personal window into Winston Cup racing through the eyes of the people who make it work. In first-person profiles each talks openly and honestly in his or her words about their experiences at and away from the track.
Recurring themes emerge in these stories regardless of the person's particular job. Unimaginable sacrifices are made in working long hours, constantly traveling, and dealing with pressure, but are offset by gratitude for family support, a strong sense of camaraderie, and the exhilaration of playing a role in America's fastest-growing sport.
In Stock Car-Racing Lives, Winston Cup champion Bobby Labonte talks publicly for the first time about his critical battle with Graves' disease and how it threatened his career just as he was to begin driving for Joe Gibbs Racing; veteran photographer T. Taylor Warren describes how he traveled to the track with drivers in their race cars in the "strictly stock" days and needed to find an alternate ride home if the driver crashed during the race; Jane Hogan explains how, after her marriage ended, her catering business began and she found an extended family in NASCAR; souvenir sales pioneer Hank Jones relates how etching sunglasses with drivers' names was the start of what has become a billion-dollar industry, and Jay Adamczyk reveals how his Web site, Jayski.com, became the information clearinghouse for Winston cup racing.
These interviews were conducted by award-winning motorsports author Richard Sowers, who teamed with David Bull Publishing to publish The Complete Statistical History of Stock-Car Racing in July. Each profile is complemented by vivid, insightful photography by Nigel Kinrade, who is one of the leading photographers on the Winston Cup circuit. The people you will meet in Stock-Car Racing Lives are listed below:
Drivers: Bobby Labonte, Bill Elliott, Brett Bodine, Buckshot Jones, and legends Richard Petty and Ned Jarrett.
Team personnel: Crew chief Larry McReynolds, truck driver Bob Tracey, gas man "Big John" Youk, the Wood family, and Felix Sabates.
Business people: QVC's Dan Hughes and Tim Bertoni, Action Performance's Fred Wagenhals, Mark Martin's business manager Benny Ertel, souvenir pioneer Hank Jones, Lowe's sports marketing manager Dean Kessel, and track impresario Humpy Wheeler.
Track personnel: Lowe's credentials manager Myra Faulkenbury, Atlanta ticket manager Frances Goss, announcer Bill Connell, and landscape architect Dennis Mills.
NASCAR officials: Jimmy Cox and Morris Metcalfe.
Media: Jayski.com's Jay Adamczyk, veteran reporter Bob Myers, rookie reporter Juliet Macur, Chevrolet publicist Ray Cooper, MRN/TNN host Eli Gold, and veteran photographer T. Taylor Warren.
Others: Artist Sam Bass, wheel cleaner David Carmichael, Motor Racing Outreach founder Max Helton, caterer Jane Hogan, and Renee Cope, former Miss Winston and wife of Derrike Cope.
Stock-Car Racing Lives sells for $24.95, is available at all major book stores, and can be purchased directly by calling 1-800-831-1758. For more information please visit David Bull Publishing's Web site, www.bullpublishing.com.
More info on these and many other Racing boooks, see thier site: David Bull Publishing for info and to order.
FORTY YEARS OF STOCK CAR RACING
by Greg Fielden
A must for any NASCAR Racing Fan, 4 volumes, plus a fifth, stats, stories etc:
Forty Years of Stock Car Racing, Beginning, 1949-1958, Vol. 1
Forty Years of Stock Car Racing, The Superspeedway Boom, 1959-1964, Vol. 2
Forty Years of Stock Car Racing, Big Bucks and Boycotts, 1965-1971, Vol. 3
Forty Years of Stock Car Racing, The Modern Era, 1972-1989, Vol. 4
Forty Years of Stock Car Racing, Forty Plus Four" 1990-1993
Jayski Note: I have the complete set and they are invaluable
Can be purchased at: SpeedZone - The Forty Years of Stock Car Racing
Some of the Volumes are available at Amazon or Barnes and Noble also
And for Greg's The STOCK CAR RACING ENCYCLOPEDIA see the site Racestats.com.
Eights and Aces : A Stock Car Racing Novel
by Matthew McLaughlin
Eights and Aces, the first racing novel by stock car writer Matt McLaughlin. Eights and Aces chronicles the career of a fictional racecar driver who grew up in poverty in the Carolinas with a dream of someday running the Winston Cup circuit. While Bill Hickok is entirely fictional, his story is intended as a tribute to every Winston Cup
driver who worked his way up from the bullring ranks never giving up on the dream. Go to Amazon.com for more info and to order the book.
SMOKEY YUNICK
- Smokey Book: Smokey Yunick, the legendary stock car racer, who passed away on May 9th, 2001, has tell-all book of his life and racing a that was just released. Best Damn Garage in Town — The World According to Smokey is now available for order. That real story is told in four main sections, or "books," contained in three volumes: Section 1: Smokey’s Life, "Walkin’ under a snake’s belly" (Volume I). Section 2: Stock car racing, "All right you sons of bitches, let's have a race" (Volume II). Section 3: Indy, "Li'l skinny rule book." Section 4: Inventions, "Eatin' an elephant." (Sections 3 and 4 make up Volume III). Initially, the book will be published in a Racer's Edition — a boxed set of three volumes of over 400 pages each. Smokey covers it all: growing up on the farm in Pennsylvania, flying B-17s during WWII, the real stories from the early days of racing, his Winston Cup Championships, the glory days of Indy, his inventions and patents, and everything in between. The entire book is just as Smokey wrote it over the past 5 years – he wouldn’t let it be done any other way. For more info or to order the book go to www.smokeyyunick.com(6-26-2001)
SCOTT PRUETT - Kids Book
Sports Car, CART, IROC and former Cup driver Scott Pruett and his wife Judy have written a couple of childrens racing books: Twelve Little Race Cars, Twelve More Little Race Cars and Rookie Racer by World Weaver books (click on titles to check them out) A few folks have it and said their 3-6 year olds loved it.(last checked 12-27-2007)
ERNIE IRVAN
- a race in the life of ernie irvan, photography by Jay Weinmiller. The book is available through the Ernie Irvan Fan Club Bookstore. I have six images of pictures in the book and the book itself. See the images at Ernie Irvan Book - a race in the life of ernie irvan.(last checked 12-27-2007)
KANSAS SPEEDWAY
- Capture forever the excitement of Kansas Speedway's first season with a special commemorative book published by Kansas City Star Books. This book, Fields of Thunder: The Story of the Kansas Speedway, will be shared with generations of race fans-a true collectors item. This 300 page, hard-cover, coffee-table style work will measure a large 10 5/8 by 10 5/8 inches. See the Kansas City Star site for more info and to order; or see their main site kcstarinfo.com.(link updated 12-27-2007)
Rising Star Publications, Inc.
Three Books Listed:
Full Circle -- The Story of Davey Allison
by Liz Allison, David Green and Thomas Pope
Robert Pressley: Profiles in American Stock Car Racing
by David Green
Beyond the Checkered Flag: 31 Daily Devotions
by Max Helton
Main Site: Racing Star Publications
Rolling Thunder Stockcar Racing Series - Fiction
- Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing #8 - On The Throttle
Don Keith, Kent Wright / Paperback / January 2001
- Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing #7 - Inside Pass
Don Keith, Kent Wright / Paperback / October 2000
- Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing #6 - First to the Flag
Don Keith, Kent Wright / Paperback / July 2000
- Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing #5 - Young Guns
Don Keith, Kent Wright / Paperback / April 2000
- Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing #4 - On to Talladega
Don Keith, Kent Wright / Paperback / December 1999
- Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing #3 - Race to Glory
Don Keith, Kent Wright / Paperback / August 1999
- Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing #2 - Road to Daytona
Don Keith, Kent Wright / Paperback / April 1999
- Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing #1 - White Lightning
Don Keith, Kent Wright / Paperback / March 1999
- Scarlet Thunder (Sports Mystery Series)
Sigmund Brouwer / Paperback / January 1999
- NASCAR Scene
- Autoweek
- Beckett Racing & Motorsports Marketplace
- ESPN The Magazine
- Dick Berggrens Speedway Illustrated
- Sports Illustrated
- Stock Car Racing
MUSIC
- Inside Traxx
by Various Artist / CD / June 11, 2002
- NASCAR: Crank It Up
by Various Artist / CD / May 21, 2002
- NASCAR: Full Throttle
by Various Artist / CD / Oct 16, 2001
- NASCAR: Hotter than Asphalt
by Various Artist / CD / February 13, 1996
- NASCAR: Runnin' Wide Open
by Various Artist / CD / April 4, 1995
BOOKS LISTED BY PUBLICATION YEAR
(sold by Amazon.com)
2003-2006
NOTE: I stopped linking books in 2006 as there are too many out there about NASCAR to cover.
I still post news and releases about, but do not search for them on amazon any longer
- Big John's Speedway Grill
by John Youk / Paperback / January 2006
- Checkered Flag Cooking
by Kent Whitaker / Spiral edition / September 2005
- Tim Richmond: The Fast Life and Remarkable Times of NASCAR's Top Gun
by David Poole / Hardcover / January 2005
- Janet Guthrie : A Life at Full Throttle
by Janet Guthrie / Hardcover / May 2005
- Richard Petty: Images of the King
by Ben Blake, Dick Conway / Hardcover / April 2005
- Full Throttle: The Life and Fast Times of Curtis Turner
by Edelstein Robert / Hardcover / January 2005
- NASCAR Off The Record by Brock Yates
- Against Death and Time: One Fatal Season in Racing's Glory Years by Brock Yates
- Mark Martin: Mark of Excellence
by Larry Woody / Hardcover / March 2004
- Insider's Guide to the Nascar Tracks: The Unofficial, Opinionated, Fan's Guide to the Nextel Cup Circuit
by Don Coble, Lee Buchanan / Paperback / March 2004
- Mark Martin: Small Town Hero, Big League Racer
by Kathy Persinger / Paperback / April 2004
- Jeff Gordon : Racing Back to the Front--My Memoir
by Jeff Gordon / Hardcover / October 2003
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2004 Calendar: 16 Month
September 2003
- History of Dodge in Stock Car Racing
by Frank Moriarty / Hardcopy / October 2003
- Dale Earnhardt Jr: Standing Tall in the Shadow of a Legend
by Larry Cothren (Editor), Benny Phillips / Paperback / June 2003
- Daytona 24 Hours: The Definitive History of America's Great Endurance Race
by J. J. O'Malley / Hardcover / August 2003
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.: Out of the Shadow of Greatness
by Mike Hembree / Hardcover / February 2003
- Turning Points
by Angela Skinner / 2003
- Bobby Allison: A Racer's Racer
by Bobby Allison, Tim Packman / Hardcover / October 2003
- Winners Are Driven
by Bobby Unser, Paul Pease / Hardcover / February 2003
- NASCAR Drivers 2004 Calendar
by Nigel Kinrade / Wall Calendar / August 2003
- God, Pepsi, and Groovin' on the High Side: Tales from the NASCAR Circuit
by Richard Ernsberger / Hardcover / August 2003
- Legends of NASCAR: Defying Time... Defining Greatness
by Charlotte Observer / Hardcover / February 2003
- Behind the Scenes of NASCAR Racing
by William M. Burt / Paperback / May 2003
- Jeff Gordon: Running Up Front
by Woody Cain, Constance Holloway / Hardcover / January 2003
- NASCAR Facts & Fun Daily Calendar 2004
September 2003
- NASCAR Racers: Today's Top Drivers
by Ben White, Nigel Kinrade / Paperback / July 2003
- Young Gun: In the Driver's Seat With #97
by Kurt Busch, Rick Houston / Paperback / July 2003
- Turn Left on Green: A Novel of Stock Car Racing
by Clyde Bolton / Hardcover / Feb 2003
- Along for the Ride: A Collection of Stories from the Fast and Furious World of NASCAR
by Larry Woody / Hardcover / April 2003
- The Unauthorized Nascar Fan Guide 2003
by Bill Fleischman, Pearce Fleischman, Junie Donlavey, Al Pearce / Paperback / March 2003
- Best Damn Garage in Town: The World According to Smokey
by Henry Yunick / Paperback / September 2002
- Postcards from Pit Road: Inside Nascar's 2002 Season
by Monte Dutton / Hardcover / March 2003
- Men and Speed
by G. Wayne Miller / Hardcover / June 2003
- NASCAR Encyclopedia
by Peter Golenbock, Greg Fielden / Hardcover / July 2003
- Stockcartoons 2: More Spins and Grins on the Wintson Circuit
by Mike Smith, Mike Joy / Paperback / March 2003
- The Racetracks Book : A Journey Across AMerica and Around the Tracks Where Stock Cars Roar
by Mark McCarter / Hardcover / Jan 2003
- NASCAR Women: At the Heart of Racing
by Denise Wood / Paperback / September 2003
- Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul
by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Matthew E. Adams, Kirk Autio, Jeff Aubery / Paperback/ April 2003
- Postcards from Pit Road: Inside Nascar's 2002 Season
by Monte Dutton / Paperback / March 2003
- Turn Left on Green: A Novel of Stock Car Racing
by Clyde Bolton / Hardcover / Jan 2003
2002 BOOKS
- Sex, Lies & Superspeedways
by Henry Yunick, Smokey Yunick / Audio CD / October 2002
- Sterling Marlin: The Silver Bullet
by Larry Woody / Hardcover / December 2002
- Flat Out and Half Turned Over: Tales from Pit Road with Buddy Baker
by Buddy Baker, David Poole / Hardcover / Oct 2002
- Young Guns: Celebrating NASCAR's Hottest Young Drivers
by Constance Holloway / Hardcover / Oct 2003?
- Sterling Marlin: The Silver Bullet
by Larry Woody / Hardcover / Dec 2002
- Sterling Marlin: Heading into the Turn
by Larry Woody / Paperback / Nov 2002
- Quotable Petty: Words of Wisdom, Success, and Courage, by and About Richard Petty
by Charles Chandler / Hardcover / July 2002
- Unseen Earnhardt The Man Behind the Mask
by Al Pearce, Nigel Kinrade / Hardcover / December 2002
- The History of America's Greatest Stock Car Tracks: From Daytona to the Brickyard
by Kathy Persinger / Hard Cover / September 2002
- Taking Stock: Life in Nascar's Fast Lane
by Monte Dutton / Paperback / Oct 2002
- NASCAR Racers Today's Top Drivers
by Ben White, Kinrade, Nigel Kinrade / Hardcover / November 2002
- Larry McReynolds, the Big Picture: My Life from Pit Road to the Broadcast Booth
by Larry McReynolds, Bob Zeller / Hardcover / October 2002
- NASCAR in Photographs
by Jonathan Ingram / Hardcover / September 2002
- Cheating: An Inside Look at the Bad Things Good NASCAR Winston Cup Racers Do in Pursuit of Speed
by Tom Jensen / Hardcover / September 27, 2002
- American Speed: From Dirt Tracks to NASCAR
by Life Magazine / Hardcover / October 2002
- Fixin' to Git: A Fan's Love Affair With NASCAR's Winston Cup
by Jim Wright / Hardcover / September 2002
- NASCAR Wives: The Women Behind the Sunday Drivers
by Liz Allison, Betty Jane France / Hard Cover / May 2002
- The Petty Family Album: In Tribute to Adam Petty
by Kyle Petty, Pattie Petty, Dustin Long (Contributor), Tom Copeland / Hardcover / June 2002
- The Ride of Your Life: A Racecar Driver's Journey
by Lyn St. James, Steve Eubanks / Hardcover / May 2002
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Driver #8
Audio Book of Driver #8
by Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jade Gurss (Contributor) / Hardcover / January 2002
- Race with Destiny
by David Poole / Paperback / April 15, 2002
- Racing to Win: Establish Your Game Plan for Success
by Joe J. Gibbs, Ken Abraham / Paperback/Audio / May 3, 2002
- My Life in the Pits: Living and Learning on the NASCAR Winston Cup Circuit
by Ronda Rich, Richard Childress / Hardcover / April 30, 2002
- True Speed: My Racing Life
by Tony Stewart, Bones Bourcier / Hardcover - 400 pages / April 2002
- Speed Dreams : A Guide to America's 23 Nascar Tracks
by Jay Ahuja / Paperback / March 2002
- NASCAR: A Celebration
by Bob Latford / Hardcover / April 2002
- Murder Before the Checkers
by Jim Worsley / Paperback / March 2002
- Evernham : Racer, Innovator, Leader
- Evernham : Racer, Innovator, Leader : Collector's Edition
Hardcover / February 2002
- Daytona 500 : An Official History
by Bob Zeller / Hard Cover / February 2002
- Built for Speed: The Ultimate Guide to Stock Car Racetracks : A Behind-The-Wheel View of the Winston Cup Circuit
Bob Latford / Hardcover / March 2002
