Tim Richmond: The Fast Life and Remarkable Times of NASCAR's Top Gun
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Book Description
Tim Richmond was, fellow NASCAR driver Kyle Petty said, "a stranger in time." In one regard, the flashy, flamboyant driver from Ashland, Ohio, was years ahead of the trends in a sport that would soon enjoy explosive growth in popularity. Women who were NASCAR fans loved him - and so did their husbands and boyfriends. Richmond believed he could use his stardom in racing as a springboard to a second career as an actor, and he had the Hollywood good looks to make that a realistic dream. At the same time, Richmond was also a throwback. He pushed his race cars hard, too hard at times, driving every lap like he was hauling moonshine through the mountains of the Carolinas with a revenuer on his rear bumper. Those who saw him drive still compare him to veterans like Curtis Turner and Joe Weatherly, who ran as hard off the track as they did off of it.
About the Author
David Poole has been motorsports writer for the Charlotte Observer since 1997, traveling around the country more than 30 weekends a year covering NASCAR's top series and teams. Poole has written NASCAR articles for a number of major magazines and has appeared on ESPN, SPEED and on CBS, ABC and NBC network news programs as well as dozens of radio stations nationwide talking about stock car racing news and issues. He is the author of several books on NASCAR, including Flat Out and Half Turned Over: Tales from Pit Road with Buddy Baker, and Race With Destiny: The Race That Changed NASCAR Forever. A graduate of the University of North Carolina, Poole lives in Gastonia, N.C. with his wife, Katy, and three children, Matthew, David and Emily.
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