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He crashed me so I crashed him back : the true story of the year the King, Jaws, Earnhardt, and the rest of NASCAR's feudin', fightin', good ol' boys put stock car racing on the map
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He crashed me so I crashed him back : the true story of the year the King, Jaws, Earnhardt, and the rest of NASCAR's feudin', fightin', good ol' boys put stock car racing on the map

Author: Mark Bechtel
Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2010.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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The story of how Bobby Allison, Donnie Allison, Cale Yarborough, Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Darrell Waltrip, A.J. Foyt, and Kyle Petty came together in an unforgettable season that featured the first nationally televised NASCAR races.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Mark Bechtel
ISBN: 9780316034029 0316034029
OCLC Number: 318877984
Description: xi, 308 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Contents: Something borrowed, something blue --
Birthplace of speed --
The good ol' boys --
The prince --
The man in the white hat --
On the air --
So fair and foul a day --
The fight --
Round two --
Round three --
Wild and young, crazy and dumb --
Diamonds as big as horse turds --
Pearson's kerfuffle --
Old Chow Mein --
Bring on the dancing bears --
Gassed --
Rising again --
The Gatorade Kid --
The beginning of the trouble --
Pretty good Americans --
The shootout.
Responsibility: Mark Bechtel.

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A stirring chronicle of the seminal 1979 NASCAR season - the year NASCAR became a major sport - featuring the Allison brothers, the Pettys, and Dale Earnhardt, among others.  Read more...

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'An illuminating, informative and entertaining read' - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

 
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