"Then Junior Said to Jeff. . ." The Greatest NASCAR Stories Ever Told [Paperback]

This collection of behind-the-scenes happenings from the history of the beloved stock car series shares stories of the great and the infamous, revealing privy insights into the drivers that fans thought they knew everything about. The book grants a glimpse into Buck Baker’s tomato juice incident, how his son Buddy Baker landed face first in the mud on an ambulance stretcher, Dale Earnhardt’s 1997 Daytona 500 rolling crash and how he famously went from ambulance to car to complete the race, Tony Stewart’s realization that racing was the ideal career choice, and how Jeff Gordon “misplaced” his commemorative Richard Petty money clip. Race fans with allegiance to any era of NASCAR, past or present, will feel drawn into the inner circle of the drivers after sharing in these inside stories that are worth the telling.

Jim McLaurinis an award-winning NASCAR journalist for theStatein South Carolina who has twice been honored with the National Motorsports Press Association George Cunningham Award, as well as with the International Hot Rod Association Media Award. He is the author ofNASCAR’s Most Wanted and coauthor ofTaking Stock: Life in NASCAR’s Fast Lane. He lives in Columbia, South Carolina.David Poolewas a celebrated NASCAR journalist for theCharlotte Observer. He was the host of “The Morning Drive” on Sirius NASCAR radio and the author ofNASCAR Essential, as well as a four-time winner of the National Motorsports Press Association George Cunningham Award.Tom Gillispieis an editor, an author, and a veteran sportswriter who has covered auto racing and other sports for many years, including for theWinston-SalemJournal.He has also written for numerous motorsport publications that includeAuto World Weekly,Stock Car Racing Magazine, andSpeedway