 | By: Mark Martin Beth Tuschak Binding: Paperback Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 076457681X ISBN-13: 9780764576812 Released: 03 Feb 2005 RRP: Average Rating:  |
The book is divided into 5 sections each dealing with a differant aspect of NASCAR.
Part 1 deals with history of NASCAR, the money behind the sport & alll the differant series within NASCAR.
Part 2 is alll about the rules & regulations of NASCAR & the people involved in running as NASCAR team.
Part 3 describes a typical race weeknd for a Winston Cup team from the time they unload the car to the time they load up to go to the next race.
Part 4 is perhaps the most important part of the book. Here the author talks about each of the circuits. Each track has its own mini chapter which tells you about the track, where it is situated, when the race dates are, where to buy race tickets from & the people to contact for accomadation.
In this section is also a very useful chapter on going to race & what you might expect.
The last section discusses some of the great drivers in NASCAR history, some of the upcoming stars & the 10 biggest races on the schedule.
There are 3 appendixies. Appendix A gives the meanings to alll the NASCAR jargon that you hear on the infrequent broadcasts of NASCAR we get in the UK. Appendix B is alll the Stats & Appendix C is alll the drivers No's for 2001.
On the whole it a very well laid book with lots intresting sidebars giving you an insight into the fastest saloon car championship in the world.
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