NASCAR Essential

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NASCAR Essential: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Real Fan! by David Poole and Jim McLaurin promises to give NASCAR fans everywhere a one-stop book that contains everything they would want to read about NASCAR. Packed with anecdotes, history, explanations of traditions, statistics, trivia and photos, NASCAR Essential is the primary source for anyone wanting to be an expert on anything NASCAR related.

Test yourself on your own NASCAR expertise. If you can’t answer all of these questions without doing research, NASCAR Essential is a necessity for you:

> When was the first televised NASCAR race?

> What car number has won the 2^nd most races?

> Who are the youngest and oldest drivers ever to win the Nextel Cup?

>Which two drivers have won the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500?

> What historic event happened in the Turkey Day 200 on December 1, 1963, in Jacksonville, FL.?

No matter what era you started following NASCAR, NASCAR Essential has something for you. Whether your favorite driver is or was Dale Earnhardt, Jimmie Johnson, Richard Petty, Jeff Gordon, Benny Parsons or Kyle Busch you’ll learn something new and read stories – often hilarious, occasionally heart-breaking – that you haven’t read before.

About the Authors

David Poole has been motorsports writer for the Charlotte Observer since 1997, traveling around the country more than 30 weekends a year covering NASCAR\'s top series and teams. Poole has written NASCAR articles for a number of major magazines and has appeared on ESPN, SPEED and on CBS, ABC and NBC network news programs as well as dozens of radio stations nationwide. Poole is a graduate of the University of North Carolina and currently lives in Gastonia, N.C. with his wife, Katy, and three children, Matthew, David and Emily.

Jim McLaurin is an award-winning NASCAR journalist who formally was the motorsports writer for The State Newspaper in Columbia, S.C. He has covered racing in four decades and is a two-time winner of the National Motorsports Association’s George Cunningham Award, signifying the writer of the year. He has also won the International Hot Rod Association’s Media Award, and many other writing awards. McLaurin is the author of NASCAR’s Most Wanted, The Top 10 Book of Outrageous Drivers, Wild Wrecks and Other Oddities, and co-author of Taking Stock, Life in NASCAR’s Fast Lane. He occasionally does freelance writing for a variety of racing publications.