In this long-awaited autobiography, the legendary Bill Elliott
details his childhood in rural North Georgia, building cars from
scratch, struggling on the anonymous small-time tracks of the South
to his against-the-odds rise to the pinnacle of NASCAR stardom:
Winston Cup Champion.
From Daytona to Talladega, from Bristol to Sonoma, ride shoulder
to shoulder with Elliott as he battles Dale Earnhardt, Darrell
Waltrip, Ricky Rudd, Rusty Wallace, and Alan Kulwicki for NASCAR's
ultimate prize. Through Elliott's eyes we meet the colorful cast of
old-school characters who built NASCAR: Cale Yarborough, Junior
Johnson, the Allisons, Carl Kiekhaefer, and, of course, the France
family. We join Bill in the car (and under it) as he sets the
all-time record for the fastest official speed ever recorded in a
stock car (a record he still holds today).
Learn the secret--revealed for the first time--behind the
Elliott family's unquestioned mastery of the sport's super
speedways. Watch NASCAR grow from a southern diversion into a
national phenomenon, and see Bill Elliott grow with it, ultimately
becoming one of the sport's most popular heroes. In 1985 Elliott
captured the inaugural Winston Million and became the first NASCAR
driver ever to appear on the cover of "Sports Illustrated," Three
years later he captured the Winston Cup Championship. He went on to
be voted NASCAR Driver of the Decade for the 1980s by NASCAR fans.
He was also voted Most Popular Driver sixteen times.
Elliott also shares his thoughts on the dark side of the racing
life: the stresses it can place on relationships, the ever-present
physical risks, and the weight of fame. He addresses the
racing-related deaths ofcompetitors and friends. He is candid and
critical in discussing the intense rivalry between him and the late
Dale Earnhardt, and he sheds new light on their storied
relationship as well as on Earnhardt's shocking death. Elliott
discusses the future of NASCAR with critiques of its management and
restrictor plates, and he takes on the controversial issues of
track and driver safety.
A window into the compelling personality of Bill Elliott, as
well as a primer on the ascent of America's fastestgrowing sport,
this is the definitive insider's view of the rising NASCAR
nation.
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