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Explore the thrilling illustrated story of NASCAR stock car racing in America with this stunning celebration filled with evocative photography, legendary drivers, and a decade-by-decade history.

NASCAR 75 Years captures the greatest moments throughout the decades: from the beaches of Daytona to the jaw-clenching competition, the mind-bending technology, the triumphs, the teamwork, and the high-speed thrills. Large-format photography from throughout NASCAR history brings it all to life alongside narratives written by a roster of veteran NASCAR reporters and historians.

Follow NASCAR’s growth from a small, innovative family business to a leader in sports entertainment, witnessed each week by millions in person and on national television. The authors show the evolution of the vehicles—from modified family sedans to 700-horsepower race-built behemoths, all the way through the “Next Gen” cars that debuted in 2022—and celebrate the drivers who have piloted them around tracks like Daytona, Talladega, Darlington, Las Vegas, and more—legendary heroes with names including Flock, Weatherly, Petty, Allison, Yarborough, Earnhardt, Waltrip, Gordon, Stewart, Johnson, Busch, all battling wheel to wheel, week after week, across the United States.

This beautifully designed and extensively illustrated book provides the ultimate history of the legendary series, celebrating the drivers, crew chiefs, pit crews, owners, and tracks, from the earliest days on Florida’s beaches right through to today’s superspeedways, short tracks, and road courses. Compiled by authors with a passion for motorsport, NASCAR 75 Years is a volume no fan can be without.

From the Publisher

Hot Wheels and Dirt Tracks

Gober Sosebee (50) in a 1949 Oldsmobile and Woodrow Wilson (12) in a 1949 Mercury lead the pack in a race run on the Daytona Beach & Road Course on July 10, 1949. It was the second race sponsored by the newly created stock car governing organization the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, or, as it is better known, NASCAR.

Shifting Into High Gear

Richard Petty (43) and Darrell Waltrip (88) race side by side as Benny Parsons (72) closes in during a 1977 Cup Series race at Riverside International Raceway. From 1958 to 1988, Riverside hosted forty-eight Cup Series events, and in 1965 and in every season from 1970 to 1981, the Cup Series season opener was run on the 2.62-mile road course.

Earnhardt and Gordon Drive the Sport Forward

In the 1990s, NASCAR was, in many ways, the tale of Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt. Here the two confer on race day for the Tyson Holly Farms 400 in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, on September 29, 1996. Gordon won the race while the veteran Earnhardt finished second.

Quintessential NASCAR

Kyle Busch became the first driver in history to sweep a racing weekend by winning all threeraces in NASCAR’s top three divisions when he prevailed at Bristol Motor Speedway in August 2010. Busch won the Camping World Truck Series run on Wednesday night and the Nationwide Series race run on Friday night. He started nineteenth and led 283 of 500 laps to win the Sprint Cup Irwin Tools Night Race on Saturday.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Motorbooks (April 11, 2023)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0760380058
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0760380055
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.67 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.3 x 1.1 x 11.15 inches