Book Description
Gear up for NASCAR's triumphant return to ESPN with ESPN Ultimate NASCAR: The 100 Defining Moments in Stock Car Racing History, a pedal-to-the-metal ride through 60 years of racetrack lore.
Timed to hit bookstores just as ESPN revves up a five-month countdown to the July 29 Allstate 400, this remarkable book revisits all the faces, places, and chases that made NASCAR the No. 1 spectator sport in America. From the sport's humble dirt-track beginnings to the multimillion-dollar Nextel showdowns of today, from the glorious rise of Junior Johnson to the shocking crash that ended Dale Earnhardt's life, ESPN Ultimate NASCAR is the surest way to get on the track without being part of the pit crew. Filled with eye-popping photography and driver's seat insight, it comes equipped with a fully loaded DVD containing all 100 moments from the televised countdown.
About the author
A Rockingham, North Carolina, native and son of Dave Marcis' former gas can man, Ryan McGee has covered auto racing for ESPN, ESPN The Magazine, FOXSports.com, FSN, and The Sporting News. In 2001, after seven years with ESPN, McGee joined FSN to produce the Emmy-nominated Totally NASCAR. Since August 2002, he has served as editor-in-chief at NASCAR Images.