Fast Guys, Rich Guys, and Idiots: A Racing Odyssey on the Border of Obsession - Couverture souple

Moses, Sam

 
9780803210967: Fast Guys, Rich Guys, and Idiots: A Racing Odyssey on the Border of Obsession
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ISBN 10 : 0803210965 ISBN 13 : 9780803210967
Editeur : Bison Books, 2007

Synopsis

Sam Moses, a motorsports writer for Sports Illustrated, was assigned to go racing and write about what happened. Fast Guys, Rich Guys, and Idiots is a personal odyssey that peers over the cliff of change and into the pit of obsession. From small-time races to glittery grands prix, it lays bare the greed, lust, and desperation of every driver for time behind the wheel and a faster car. It explains the perfectionism behind taking a turn at the limit and describes the intoxicating thrill of stealing down the Daytona backstraight at nearly two hundred miles an hour. The core of Moses's story takes place in the heartland of stock car racing, there he finds a spot on a team in Ether, North Carolina. The team's owner is a tough Louisiana oil man, its crew chief a lanky, laconic Texan, and its number-one driver a hairy-chested leadfoot who learned fast driving on backwoods Georgia roads, delivering beauty supplies in his Mustang. Crashes echo throughout the tale that follows, five of them the author's own. Sam Moses was a staff writer for Sports Illustrated for seventeen years on the motorsports beat. He worked as deputy editor at AutoWeek and received automotive journalism's prestigious Ken Purdy Award. He is the author of At All Costs: How a Crippled Ship and Two American Merchant Mariners Reversed the Tide of World War II.

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À propos de l?auteur

Sam Moses was a staff writer for Sports Illustrated for seventeen years on the motorsports beat. He worked as deputy editor at AutoWeek and received automotive journalism's prestigious Ken Purdy Award. He is the author of At All Costs: How a Crippled Ship and Two American Merchant Mariners Reversed the Tide of World War II.

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Éditeur
Bison Books
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0803210965
ISBN 13 
9780803210967
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
348
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780937159095: Fast Guys Rich Guys and Idiots a Racing Odyssey on Border of Obsession

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0937159093 ISBN 13 :  9780937159095
Editeur : Motorbooks Intl, 1986
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