Sunday Money: Speed! Lust! Madness! Death! a Hot Lap Around America with NASCAR Contributor(s): MacGregor, Jeff (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060094729 ISBN-13: 9780060094720 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $18.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2006 Annotation: A groundling's view of life in the fastest lane of NASCAR is offered by an award-winning writer from "Sports Illustrated" in the tradition of "The Right Stuff" and "Moneyball." 8-page color photo insert. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Social Theory - Sports & Recreation | Sociology Of Sports |
Dewey: 796.7 |
Series: P.S. |
Physical Information: 0.98" H x 5.4" W x 7.98" (0.76 lbs) 416 pages |
Themes: - Topical - NASCAR |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: NASCAR racing, once considered no more than a regional circuit of moonshiners pounding around low-country dirt tracks in a cloud of red dust and clich , has somehow become America's fastest-growing spectator sport. With 75 million ardent fans, it is a sports entertainment empire built at the very crossroads of pop culture, corporate commerce, and American mythology -- a platinum-plated, V-8 hero machine. Smart, funny, and profane, Sunday Money is the kaleidoscopic account of a season on the NASCAR circuit. Driving 48,000 miles in a tiny motor home, Jeff MacGregor and his wife tracked the lives of superstar drivers like Junior Earnhardt and Tony Stewart, their crews, and their fans across the grinding reach of a 40-week season. More than just a behind-the-scenes chronicle of America's loudest pastime, Sunday Money is the story of a hundred stories, of red states and blue, of splendid Rebels and Yankee hotshoes. It is a brilliant snapshot of American culture -- of race, religion, class, sex, money, and fame -- taken from the window of a moving car. |
Contributor Bio(s): MacGregor, Jeff: - Jeff MacGregor, a special contributor for Sports Illustrated, has written for the New York Times, The New Yorker, and Esquire. He is a six-time National Magazine Award nominee and a multiple Pushcart Prize and O. Henry Prize nominee, and his work has been anthologized in The Best American Sports Writing. |