American Zoom: Stock Car Racing--from the Dirt Tracks to Daytona
- ISBN-10
- 002032782X
- ISBN-13
- 9780020327820
- Category
- Sports & Recreation / Motor Sports / General
- Pages
- 499
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Macmillan USA
- Author
- Peter Golenbock
Description
With five bestsellers to his name, Peter Golenbock has earned a reputation as one of America's best and most successful sports authors. In American Zoom he presents an oral history of stock car racing, as told by great drivers, mechanics, promoters, and others. "A lively, literate, and loving look at the magic of stock car racing".--The Chicago Tribune
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- 1993
- 493 pages
- Paperback
- John Wiley & Sons Incorporated
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