- Description
- 1 online resource (348 p.) : ill.
- Uniform Title
- Real NASCAR (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Real NASCAR (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-333) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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
- OCLC
- ssj0000426743
- Author
Pierce, Daniel S.
- Title
Real NASCAR [electronic resource] : white lightning, red clay, and Big Bill France / Daniel S. Pierce.
- Imprint
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2010.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-333) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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