Behind the Wall: A Season on the Nascar Circuit
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (852 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 092938766X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 278 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Publishers Weekly Huff, New York correspondent for Daily Variety , spent the 1991 National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing season with the team owned by Billy Haran, with Terry Labonte as the driver and financial backing from the Sun Oil Company. But in chronicling the 29-race season, Huff, who is vastly knowledgeable on the subject, shows what can go wrong--with the driver's feel for his car, the auto itself, the crew that services it, the pit stops--and the accidents that can be caused by the driver or by rivals. He presents racing as an exceedingly demanding business made up of competitive yet patient and long-suffering men, one that forces participants to think in terms of tenths of a second. . He labels it a roller-coaster year for the team, although the reader will conclude that it was uniformly mediocre, with Labonte ending it as the circuit's 18th-ranked driver. Photos not seen by PW
"Great book, I'd recommend the newer version for the" according to Michael Metzger. Great book, I'd recommend the newer version for the extra chapters, although I like the cover on this one better.. "NASCAR - Unpolished and Interesting" according to Tom G. ‘Behind the Wall’ is one of the first behind the scenes accounts of what it is like to be inside a NASCAR team through a full season of racing. Grueling, stressful and filled with disappoint but it is the truthfulness of what Richard Huff has written that makes this a worthy read. Huff survives a roller coaster year inside the Billy Hagan owned NASCAR Winston Cup team sh