NASCAR Mavericks

Auteur

H.A. Branham worked in the communications departments at NASCAR and Daytona International Speedway for nearly two decades. Prior to that, he worked as an editor and writer at the Tampa Tribune (Florida) for 21 years. He has authored five previous books, including four works of NASCAR history: Big Bill-The Life and Times of NASCAR Founder Bill France Sr.;Bill France Jr.-The Man Who Made NASCAR;The NASCAR Family Album; and The NASCAR Vault. Branham, a graduate of the University of South Florida, is a native of Indianapolis, Indiana. He lives in Ormond Beach, Florida, with his wife, Catherine.

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NASCAR Mavericks recounts the legendary drivers, team owners, wrenches, races, and events that have made NASCAR America’s favorite motorsport for more than 75 years.
 

Résumé

In this officially licensed and stunningly illustrated volume, get a thrilling, up-close-and-personal look at NASCAR’s mavericks and key moments from the dawn of the sport to present day.

In every sport there are mavericks—trailblazers, risk-takers, hell-raisers, forward-thinkers—who drive the breakthroughs and advances that shape and define the sport. Written by longtime motorsports journalists H.A. Branham and Holly Cain, NASCAR Mavericks covers the NASCAR story in chronological order, focusing on key movers and shakers—the men and women key to the sport’s evolution—often related through first-hand stories. Racing great Tony Stewart’s foreword sets the scene.

Accompanied by exceptional images sourced from NASCAR’s archives plus other top photographers, the profiles include such NASCAR legends as:
 

• Bill France Sr. and Bill France Jr.
• The Flock Brothers
• Lee and Richard Petty
• Smokey Yunick
• Janet Guthrie
• The Earnhardts
• Humpy Wheeler
• Tony Stewart

Interspersed with the maverick profiles are sidebars highlighting legendary races, machines, and events like the first Daytona 500, Plymouth’s Hemi Superbird, record-setting pit stops, Jeff Gordon’s T-Rex car, and more.

NASCAR Mavericks proves that racing always improves the breed!

Contenu

Dedication 
Acknowledgments 
Foreword by Tony Stewart 
Introduction 
CHAPTER 1: THE 1940S: PRECEDENTS FOR BOLDNESS TO COME 
Bill France Sr. 
Robert Nold “Red” Byron 
Sara Christian and Louise Smith 
Raymond Parks 
CHAPTER 2: THE 1950S: SUPER CARS, SUPER DRIVERS—AND SUPERSPEEDWAYS 
Carl Kiekhaefer 
Curtis Turner 
The Flocks 
Smokey Yunick 
Vince Piggins and the Hudson Hornet 
The Petty Family
CHAPTER 3: THE 1960S: DAYTONA DRIVES GROWTH IN ALL DIRECTIONS 
Junior Johnson 
Wendell Scott 
Mario Andretti
Soapy Castles 
A. J. Foyt 
The Wood Brothers 
CHAPTER 4: THE 1970S: CORPORATE AMERICA, NETWORK TV COMES TO NASCAR 
The Revolutionary
R. J. Reynolds Sponsorship 
The Plymouth Superbird 
Janet Guthrie 
“The Fight”: 1979 Daytona 500 
CHAPTER 5: THE 1980S: STARS, SPEEDS, AND SAFETY CONCERNS 
Dale Earnhardt 
Tim Richmond 
The Alabama Gang 
Darrell Waltrip 
Humpy Wheeler 
CHAPTER 6: THE 1990S: BILL JR., BRUTON, AND “THE HAT MAN” 
Bill France Jr. 
O. Bruton Smith 
Alan Kulwicki 
Ray Evernham and the Rainbow Warriors 
CHAPTER 7: THE 2000S: BRIAN, THE BUSCH BROTHERS, AND TONY STEWART—
MAVERICKS EVERYWHERE 
Brian France 
The Busch Brothers 
Jim Hunter
Tony Stewart 
CHAPTER 8: THE 2010S TO 2020S: NEW RACES AND NEW FACES 
NASCAR’s Bold Initiatives 
Furniture Row Racing 
Ross Chastain—
“The Next Dale Earnhardt?” 
Afterword by Ross Chastain 
Photo Credits 
Index