Fixin to Git: One Fan’s Love Affair with NASCAR’s Winston Cup
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.45 (883 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0822332205 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He conveys the rich, erotic sensory overload—the sights, the sounds, the smells, the feel—of weekends at the Winston Cup race tracks.. In the past twenty years, big-time stock-car racing has become America’s fastest growing spectator sport. Mostly, though, he captures the experience of loyal NASCAR fans like himself, describing the drama in the grandstands—and in the bars, restaurants, parking lots, juke joints, motels, and campgrounds where race fans congregate. The “Fixin’ to Git Road Tour” resulted in this book—not just a travelogue of Wright’s year at the races, but a fan’s valentine to the spectacle, the pageantry, and the subculture of Winston Cup racing.Wright busts the myth that NASCAR is a Southern sport and takes on critics who claim that there’s nothing to racing but “drive fast, turn left,” revealing the skill, mental acuity, and physical stamina required by drivers and their crews. What accounts for NASCAR’s surging popularity?For years a “closeted” NASCAR fan, Professor Jim Wright
Fixin to git As a NASCAR fan this book was captivating for me. I too have experienced some of the same things as the author which made the book come alive.. A Customer said A GREAT book for any NASCAR race-fan!. This book was a nice change from the typical "behind the scenes" books you usually find about Nascar. The author tells it like it is from a fan's point of view. He describes his trips to several different NASCAR events. His stories are amusing, and entertaining, and his information is accurate. I used this book to show a friend of mine why I go to so many races and why I am such a big NASCAR fan. Next thing you know, she was begging me to take her to Rockingham,. Review by a non-NASCAR reader I had no knowledge or affinity towards NASCAR racing before reading this book. The author makes the subject interesting to those of us who don't know the drivers, the car racing teams, the tracks or anything else about NASCAR. It is a funny and at times hilarious read of one man's love with racing and the Winston Cup. While not at all "high browed", one begins to understand the sociological context of this fast growing sport. I recommend this book the fan, nonfa
From Publishers Weekly Auto racing amounts to yahoos watching other yahoos chase their tailgates, right? Sociologist Wright doesn't agree completely. The finest chapters focus on the thrill of going 200 mph while negotiating turns on an increasingly slick, sloping ellipse.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. A racer's son himself, he juxtaposes the magniloquent ("existential inauthenticity") with the colloquial ("real kick-ass street rod") to draft the history of the sport and its place in Americana. Wright asserts, for instance, that the rampant advertising on driver autos and uniforms reflects larger cultural trends, but concedes it is a "marketing bacchanalia." He also deconstructs gearhead stereotypes only to reassemble them: for every God-lovin' family-oriented enthusiast, there's another good ole boy passed out in the stands before the checkered flag drops. From the pit stops he made in 1999 on tracks from Daytona to Darlington, he describes racing in terms no