Blount Report: NASCAR's Most Overrated & Underrated Drivers, Cars, Teams, and Tracks

by Terry Blount, Allen Bestwick (Foreword by)

Overview

While fans continue to debate the relative merits of their favorite drivers, ESPN.com's premier motor sports writer Terry Blount now brings some needed clarity and perspective to America's biggest spectator sport, rating drivers, teams, cars, and tracks, and while bluntly letting readers know which are overrated and which are underrated in a new book that's bound to further the debate and stir up more controversy. Did the reputation match the results? Was the performance better than the perception? and how much of a factor was the car? are all questions asked and discussed in this investigation. Along with rating drivers, The Blount Report also rates a vast array of the NASCAR world from speedways to races and rules to records.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781600780899
Publisher:	Triumph Books
Publication date:	02/01/2009
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Terry Blount is a commentator for ESPN.com. He previously spent 25 years as an award-winning sports reporter and columnist, including 15 years of covering auto racing. He is a regular guest on ESPN2's NASCAR Now and a member of the National Motorsports Press Association, the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association, and the voting panel for the Texas Motorsports Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the distinguished panel that selects the Driver of the Year Award. Allen Bestwick is the host of ESPN's NASCAR Countdown and the play-by-play announcer for the Sprint Cup Series races.

Table of Contents

Foreword Allen Bestwick, ESPN ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction xiii

Chapter 1 Drivers All-Time 1

Chapter 2 Daytona 500 Winners 23

Chapter 3 Speedways 39

Chapter 4 Play by the Rules 61

Chapter 5 Making Some New NASCAR Rules 81

Chapter 6 Bad Ideas, Misconceptions, Tough Talk, and One-Liners to Remember 101

Chapter 7 Records 117

Chapter 8 Events 133

Chapter 9 Drivers of Yesteryear, Past Generations, and One-Win Wonders 149

Chapter 10 Claims and Concepts 167

Chapter 11 The Big Names of NASCAR 183

Chapter 12 Cars and Trophies 205

References 223