Nascar Chronicle

by Greg Fielden, Consumer Guide

Trace NASCAR’s evolution from its humble beginnings to its status today as one of the nation’s top sporting attractions. This all-inclusive guide from award-winning racing historian Greg Fielden tells the full story of NASCAR, featuring the men who laid its foundation, its dusty bullrings and modern speedways, and the heroic drivers who have made the sport so compelling. The year-by-year account offers more than 1400 stunning, full-color photographs from the NASCAR archives to illustrate the characters, cars, speedways, and fender-rubbing action of NASCAR’s colorful history. The book also - Recaps of points races - Sidebars featuring behind-the-scenes stories - An appendix listing the winners of every race in NASCAR Winston Cup history - Charts detailing each season at a glance - And much more! A must-have for NASCAR collectors and enthusiasts of all ages.

Genres: Sports, Racing

496 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Ellie Magdolna]

I was gifted this book in 2002, and scoured it for countless hours, trying to learn as much about NASCAR as little me could soak up. I already liked racing, but this book made me appreciate the history and culture of the sport in a new way. It fueled me to become a racer myself, and then a track worker and announcer. When I think of this book, I picture a scene where I'm laying on the basement floor with the book beneath me, and I'm reading it to fill the commercial breaks on Speed Channel during Daytona Speedweeks. It's a memory I treasure.

[Dylan Waggoner]

Very good book talked about how nascar got started and what it is currently. So good I started reading it at home for like 2 or so hours a day

[Tim Duff]

Wonderful history of NASCAR from it's beginnings through 2004. Heavy, coffee-table type book with great pictorial as well fact history.

[Beth/Chuck]

My number one reference whenever looking for pictures of a particular car that I am thinking on building a model of. The greatest single collection of stock car pictures I have seen yet.