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He Crashed Me So I Crashed Him Back - by Mark Bechtel (Paperback)

Name: He Crashed Me So I Crashed Him Back - by Mark Bechtel (Paperback)
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On a cold February day in 1979, when most of the Northeast was snowed in by a blizzard, NASCAR entered the American consciousness with a dramatic telecast of the Daytona 500.
About the Author: Mark Bechtel is a senior editor for Sports Illustrated.
320 Pages
Sports + Recreation, Motor Sports

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About the Book

Bechtel presents a riotous chronicle of the seminal 1979 NASCAR season--the year stock-car racing became a major sport. color-photo insert.

Book Synopsis

On a cold February day in 1979, when most of the Northeast was snowed in by a blizzard, NASCAR entered the American consciousness with a dramatic telecast of the Daytona 500. It was the first 500-mile race to be broadcast live on national television and featured the heroes and legends of the sport racing on a hallowed track. With one of the wildest finishes in sports history--a finish that was just the start of the drama--everything changed for what is now America's second most popular sport.

HE CRASHED ME SO I CRASHED HIM BACK is the story of an emerging sport trying to find its feet. It's 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. There were rivalries--even the sibling kind--and plenty of fistfights, feuds, and frenzied finishes. Rollicking and full of larger-than-life characters, HE CRASHED ME SO I CRASHED HIM BACK is the remarkable tale of the birth of modern stock-car racing.

About the Author

Mark Bechtel is a senior editor for Sports Illustrated. Previously, he covered NASCAR for the magazine. A native of Alabama, he now lives in New York City.

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Dimensions (Overall): 8.1 Inches (H) x 5.4 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)

Weight: .61 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 320

Genre: Sports + Recreation

Sub-Genre: Motor Sports

Publisher: Back Bay Books

Format: Paperback

Author: Mark Bechtel

Language: English

Street Date: February 2, 2011

TCIN: 78699987

UPC: 9780316034036

Item Number (DPCI): 247-20-3374

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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