Jim Wright

Fixin to Git

One Fan's Love Affair with Nascar's Winston Cup

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"This book's personal impressions don't take you behind the pit wall--they take you into the stands, where the average folks watch the race. Wright combines the interests of the academic and the common race fan for an uncommon vision of NASCAR."--Scott Huler, author of "A Little Bit Sideways: One Week Inside a ""NASCAR"" Winston Cup Race Team"

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 161mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9780822329268
• ISBN-10: 0822329263
• Artikelnr.: 21119243

Autorenporträt

Jim Wright

Inhaltsangabe

Prelude: On the Road to Charlotte 1
1. Car Culture and the American Dream 17
Daytona Pilgrimage 46
2. Deconstructing NASCAR 57
Back Home Again in Indiana 87
3. Racin' Basics 98
Lost in the Land of Cotton 132
4. The NASCAR Subculture 144
Short-Track Showdown 170
5. The Yankee Invasion 180
Nantahala Interlude 204
6. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms 217
Grand Finale in Atlanta 254
7. We Are Family 263
Notes 281
Index 292