The Last Lap: The Life and Times of NASCAR's Legendary Heroes

by Peter Golenbock

Overview

Stock car racing is not only the most popular sport in the country, but it's also among the most dangerous, as well. Traveling at speeds of over 200 miles per hour, drivers risk their lives every time they take the wheel. To be competitive, drivers must feel invincible. The best of them did, and lived life -- on the racetrack -- to the fullest. Their zest for life and for racing is celebrated in this powerful book.

In The Last Lap, updated edition, best-selling author Peter Golenbock talks to racers past and present, crewmembers, and families of the legendary drivers who have passed on give us behind-the-scenes stories of NASCAR's unique heroes. Among those sharing their stories are racing legends David Pearson, Buddy Baker, Tim Flock, Marvin Panch, the families of the late Curtis Turner, the Myers brothers, Tiny Lund, Bobby Isaac, Alan Kulwicki, and Davey and Clifford Allison.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781620459782
Publisher:	Trade Paper Press
Publication date:	10/01/2001
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	437
Sales rank:	969,189
File size:	19 MB
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About the Author

PETER GOLENBOCK is the bestselling author of American Zoom; Dynasty: The New York Yankees, 1949-1964; and many other popular sports books, including Balls, Bums, Personal Fouls, Fenway, Wrigleyville, and Cowboys Have Always Been My Heroes. He is co-editor of The Stock Car Encyclopedia.

Table of Contents

	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