| Acknowledgments | xiii |
| Introduction | xv |
1 | Bob Latford: In the Beginning | |
2 | Slick Owens: In the Land of Cotton | |
3 | Tim Flock: The Last of the Wild Bunch | |
4 | Ralph Moody: Curtis and Lil' Joe | |
5 | Max Muhlmann: More Curtis and Lil' Joe | |
6 | Maurice Petty: The Perfectionist | |
7 | Tim Flock: Carl Kiekhaefer | |
8 | Danny "Chocolate" Myers: The Death of the Myers Brothers | |
9 | Tom Pistone: The "Converted Yankee" | |
10 | Ralph Moody: Fred Lorenzen | |
11 | Paul "Little Bud" Moore: Rough-Tough Characters | |
12 | Buddy Baker: Buck's Boy | |
13 | Marvin Panch: Escape from a Fiery Death | |
14 | Bob Latford: Crash and Burn | |
15 | Ralph Moody: Death Wholesale | |
16 | Max Muhlmann: The Death of Fireball Roberts | |
17 | Bob Latford: Ned and Junior | |
18 | David Pearson: The Reluctant Champion | |
19 | Paul "Little Bud" Moore: The Demise of Dirt | |
20 | Bob Latford: A Small Band of Gypsies | |
21 | Maurice Petty: Life with Richard | |
22 | David Pearson: Moments Great and Not So Good | |
23 | "Suitcase" Jake Elder: One Great Chassis Man | |
24 | Slick Owens: Holman and Moody's Demise | |
25 | Buddy Baker: He Broke the 200 MPH Barrier | |
26 | Tim Flock: Curtis Turner's Losing Gambit | |
27 | Curtis Turner: The Day the Music Died | |
28 | Bunny Turner: "Sweet Thang" | |
29 | Lou LaRosa: Brooklyn Meets Robert Gee | |
30 | Buddy Baker: Troubles on the Last Lap | |
31 | Wanda Lund: They Were All Crazy | |
32 | Tommy Johnson: The Travails of Harry Hyde | |
33 | Buddy Baker: Records at Breakneck Speed | |
34 | Lou LaRosa: The Emergence of Dale Earnhardt | |
35 | Tommy Johnson: Harry Hyde and Tim Richmond | |
36 | Lou LaRosa: Cale and More About Dale | |
37 | Danny "Chocolate" Myers: Memories of Richard Childress | |
38 | Tommy Johnson: The Death of Harry Hyde | |
39 | Paul Andrews: The Death of Alan Kulwicki | |
40 | "Suitcase" Jake Elder: Disturbing Memories | |
41 | Liz Allison: The Deaths of Clifford and Davey | |
42 | Lou LaRosa: A Racer's Sad Good-bye | |
43 | Buddy Baker: He (and the Sport) Survives and Flourishes | |
44 | Andy Petree: Bigger than Life | |
45 | Dale Earnhardt: The Man in Black | |
46 | Dale Earnhardt: Black Sunday | |
| Index | |