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Growing Up NASCAR: Racing's Most Outrageous Promoter Tells All

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UPC:
9780760337752
Maximum Purchase:
2 units
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication Date:
2010-03-15
Author:
Humpy Wheeler;Peter Golenbock
Language:
english
Edition:
First
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In 1949, when Humpy Wheeler was 11, he attended the very first NASCAR race. For the next ten years, he spent as much time in the pits as he could, and came to know many of the sports pioneers. Eventually, Wheeler began promoting races at Carolina tracks such as Concord Speedway, Robinwood Speedway, and Starlight Speedway. Racing was so rough back then he kept a gun by his side when he paid the purse, and often used his fists to keep order. By the time Wheeler retired in 2008, he had helped NASCAR become the six-billion-dollar-a-year industry it is today.Filled with photographs from Wheeler's personal archives, Growing up NASCAR presents the ultimate behind-the-scenes look at NASCAR from the consumate insider.