The Earnhardts
Greenwood Press (Verlag)
978-0-313-35840-1 (ISBN)
From mid-century dirt tracks to today’s super speedways, The Earnhardts: A Biography tells the remarkable story of a racing family—Dale, his father Ralph, and son Dale Jr.—whose careers span the full history of NASCAR and whose accomplishments define this unique American motorsport.
Drawing on extensive research, including interviews with friends, family, and sports writers covering the NASCAR scene, Gerry Souter follows the Earnhardts’ story from Ralph’s short track racing in cars he built himself to Dale’s record-setting career and shocking death to Dale Jr.’s emergence as one of the sport's most popular figures today. Through the lives of the Earnhardts, and their unmatched legacy of hard work and victory, readers see American stock car racing evolve from its rural Southern roots into a nationwide phenomenon.
A chronology putting high points in the Earnhardts’ careers in the context of pivotal moments in the rise of NASCAR and American motorsports
A rich bibliography of resources for further reading including books, journalism, archives, and websites
Gerry Souter is a full time author-historian of more than 40 books.
Series Foreword
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Timeline: Events in the Lives of the Earnhardts
Chapter 1 The Beginning
Chapter 2 NASCAR Starts Cutting Its Teeth
Chapter 3 The Legacy Begins
Chapter 4 NASCAR—Through the 1950s
Chapter 5 The Learning Curve
Chapter 6 Winding Down and Winding Up
Chapter 7 Tough Times—Kicking in the Door
Chapter 8 Tie Your Pennant to a Petty
Chapter 9 Growth Pains—Pushing the Limit
Chapter 10 Ironhead
Chapter 11 A Volatile Time for NASCAR
Chapter 12 Growing Up At Last
Chapter 13 The Big Business of NASCAR—1980s and Beyond
Chapter 14 Fortunes Turn Around
Chapter 15 The Intimidator Takes Command
Chapter 16 Inheriting the Chalice
Chapter 17 The Legacy
Further Reading
Index
Photo essay appears following page
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.7.2009 |
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Reihe/Serie | Greenwood Biographies |
Zusatzinfo | 9 Illustrations, unspecified |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Motor- / Rad- / Flugsport | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften | |
ISBN-10 | 0-313-35840-0 / 0313358400 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-313-35840-1 / 9780313358401 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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