Fixin to Git: One Fan’s Love Affair with NASCAR’s Winston Cup
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.21 (819 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0822332205 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Fixin to git" according to Kelly. As a NASCAR fan this book was captivating for me. I too have experienced some of the same things as the author which made the book come alive.. A GREAT book for any NASCAR race-fan! A Customer This book was a nice change from the typical "behind the scenes" books you usually find about Nascar. The author tells it like it is from a fan's point of view. He describes his trips to several different NASCAR events. His stories are amusing, and entertaining, and his information is accurate. I used this book to show a friend of mine why I go to so many races and why I am such a big NASCAR fan. Next thing you know, she was begging me to take her to Rockingham,NC. She's a NASCAR fan now too, so I guess that says something for the book. I highly recommend it to any true NASCAR fan or anyone . "Review by a non-NASCAR reader" according to Harold worrall. I had no knowledge or affinity towards NASCAR racing before reading this book. The author makes the subject interesting to those of us who don't know the drivers, the car racing teams, the tracks or anything else about NASCAR. It is a funny and at times hilarious read of one man's love with racing and the Winston Cup. While not at all "high browed", one begins to understand the sociological context of this fast growing sport. I recommend this book the fan, nonfan and the curious.
From Publishers Weekly Auto racing amounts to yahoos watching other yahoos chase their tailgates, right? Sociologist Wright doesn't agree completely. But the crux of his unabashed study is that racing can be good fun. From the pit stops he made in 1999 on tracks from Daytona to Darlington, he describes racing in terms not unlike those he chides sports magazines for, as he hopscotches from issue to issue. The finest chapters focus on the thrill of going 200 mph while negotiating turns on an increasingly slick, sloping ellipse.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. Wright asserts, for instance, that the rampant advertising on
Winston Cup races draw larger audiences—at the tracks and on television—than any other sport, and drivers like Dale Jarrett, Jeff Gordon, and Mark Martin have become cultural icons whose endorsements command millions. The “Fixin’ to Git Road Tour” resulted in this book—not just a travelogue of Wright’s year at the races, but a fan’s valentine to the spectacle, the pageantry, and the subculture of Winston Cup racing.Wright busts the myth that NASCAR is a Southern sport and takes on critics who claim that there’s nothing to racing but “drive fast, turn left,” revealing the skill, mental acuity, and physical stamina required by drivers and their crews. He conveys the rich, erotic sensory overload—the sights, the sounds, the smells, the feel—of weekends at the Winston Cup race tracks.. In the past twenty years, big-time stock-car racing has become America’s fastest growing spectator sport. What accounts for NASCAR’s surging popularity?For years a “closeted” NASCAR fan, Professor Jim Wright took adv