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Real NASCAR white lightning, red clay, and Big Bill France

Title
Real NASCAR [electronic resource] : white lightning, red clay, and Big Bill France / Daniel S. Pierce.
Author
Pierce, Daniel S.
Publication
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2010.

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Description
1 online resource (348 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Real NASCAR (Online)
Alternative Title
Real NASCAR (Online)
Subject
  • France, Bill, 1909-1992
  • NASCAR (Association)
  • Stock car racing > History
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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Available onsite at NYPL
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