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Inside Herman's World: The Kenny Wallace Story
by Kenny Wallace with Joyce Standridge
One of auto racing’s most likable personalities, Kenny Wallace is also a dedicated racer. In a fascinating recounting of his roller coaster life and career, Wallace shares hilarious stories from a racing-obsessed youth, the pain of losing his best friend, and remarkable insights from a life well-lived.
A NASCAR crew chief before he was 21 years old, a nine-time winner in the Busch Series, and a go-to driver for Nextel Cup car owners, “Herman” provides an insider’s view of great drivers such as Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Richard Petty and so many more, including brother Rusty Wallace, as well as a behind-the-scenes view of motorsports TV. A must read for NASCAR and short track fans alike!

The Old Master: the Frankie Schneider Story
with Dennis Keenan
Dennis Keenan has done an extraordinary job in recapturing the long and colorful racing life of Frankie Schneider, the East Coast’s undisputed King of the Modifieds. The story starts at Flemington, NJ in 1947 in a battered ’37 Ford coach with numbers drawn in lipstick. It weaves year by year to the present, including Grand National, convertible, open wheel, and road racing adventures, all over the country. It ends up with Frankie’s surprise 80th birthday. It becomes crystal clear to the reader that, regardless what happens to racing in the future, there will never be another Frankie Schneider. Soft cover, black and white photography, 184 pages

Steady Eddie!  Memories of Ed Flemke
Modified Racing’s Fastest Professor
Edited & annotated by Bones Bourcier
Rivals, teammates, friends, and family members recall one of America’s most influential short-trackers, a man who won hundreds of features in modified racing’s glory days. Contributors include NASCAR Cup winners Pete Hamilton and Ron Bouchard, legendary team owner Junie Donlavey, modified icons Gene Bergin and Bob Judkins, broadcaster/promoter Jack Arute, and many more. Soft Cover

Fireball: Legends Don't Fall From the Sky
By Godwin Kelly
This is the story of an complex and amazing individual who happened to be one of the greatest race car drivers of his time. The glory days of racing serve as the back drop for a stormy love triangle that was the talk of the tiny resort village of Daytona Beach during the late 50's and early '60s.  Soft cover, 7” x 9”, 212 pages.

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Cool Cars Square Roll Bars (2006) Edited by Bernie Shuman
Photo's and Recollections of Fifties Hot Rodding in New England, second edition. Soft cover, 239 pages, Black & white photos.

PAVED TRACK DIRT TRACK
PAVED TRACK DIRT TRACK author Lew Boyd chose Old Bridge and Nazareth to exemplify the heart of East Coast modified racing. One asphalt and the other dirt, the two notorious speedways both ran on Sunday nights, usually open competition. Each attracted road warriors and outlaws from Maine to Florida, as well as a dedicated core of homegrown heroes. Boyd conducted more than 100 interviews with living legends like Mario Andretti, Frankie Schneider, Pete Frazee, Wally Dallenbach, Tommy Hager, Gil Hearne, Bob Pickell, and Buzzie Reutimann, as well as capturing the stories of many whose lives ended tragically on the race track, like Jackie McLaughlin, Otto Harwi, and Mike Grbac. Then there are tales of the feisty Eastern Bandits like Ed Flemke and Denny Zimmerman and the NASCAR “drop ins” like Ned Jarrett, Bobby Allison, and Fireball Roberts, who came to test their mettle on these challenging tracks.
PAVED TRACK DIRT TRACK covers the evolution of racing from just after World War II right up to the 1990s. The formative years were gritty, colorful, and dangerous, presenting a kind of racing that would never be permitted or possible today. The book includes 330 evocative photographs, many borrowed from private scrapbooks and collections and never before published. Soft Cover

BAREFOOT– The Autobiography of Bob McCreadie
as told to Andy Fusco
The most enduring and endearing DIRT modified performer ever shares tales of his 35 years behind the wheel. Known as much for his ‘outrider’ appearance and philosophy, Barefoot has been consistently fast and edgy. Nothing is spared as he talks of his adolescent confrontations with the law, his hundreds of victories, his stark analysis of other competitors, and his enormous pride about his nationally recognized racer son, Timmy. The author, Andy Fusco, has put forth another gem, and the images are excellent.
Soft cover, 132 pages with black and white photography.

Richie! The fast Life and Times of NASCAR's Greatest Modified Driver By Bones Bourcier
From farm boy to nine-time NASCAR National Champion, Richie Evans raced through life in the fast lane. Motorsports biographer Bones Bourcier was along for much of the ride as a reporter, observer and friend, and now he tells the complete and unabridged story of the man voted “NASCAR's greatest modified driver.”
Weaving together over 200 photographs and excerpts from hundreds of hours of interviews with competitors, crew members, friends and family members, “RICHIE!” takes us on a virtual journey back to the time when modifieds ruled and Evans was King. Soft cover, over 350 pages.

KEN SCHRADER AUTOBIOGRAPHY, GOTTA RACE!
The autobiography of popular Nextel Cup driver Ken Schrader. The book was written with Joyce Standridge and includes forewords by Rick Hendrick and Bones Bourcier.
Ken Schrader is a four-time Winston Cup winner and three-time pole sitter at the Daytona 500, currently driving for the famed Wood Brothers/JTG Racing team in the #21. Schrader is also America’s acknowledged Prince of the Short Tracks – race anywhere, anytime – on dirt or asphalt, in Nextel Cup, sprint car, midget or dirt late model.
GOTTA RACE! recounts 35 years of racing adventures, told in Schrader’s own distinctive voice to Standridge, a nationally known racing columnist. The book covers all of Schrader’s career – from his beginnings in the 1970s at tiny St. Louis-area bullrings, to wild open-wheel rides around the country, to the glamour of Indianapolis and Daytona. The author also shares an intimate look at family life, his views on racing today, and thoughts on how to get started in racing. A successful entrepreneur who now owns tracks in Missouri and Kentucky, Schrader talks about the business side of racing and his plans for the future, once he hangs up his Nextel Cup helmet.
GOTTA RACE! also provides insight into Schrader’s many racing relationships. One chapter is devoted to his friendships with luminaries like Dale Earnhardt, Sr. and Jr., Richard Petty, Tony Stewart, Cale Yarborough, and many others. The book is packed with 350 photographs, both dramatic and touching, that serve as a personal history of the past 35 years of the sport. It also includes 59 pages of Schrader’s race records, detailing his races from 1971 – 2005, listing date, track, type of car, car owner, race winner, Schrader’s finish, and comments about the race. Soft-cover with 320 pages.

NASCAR Women: At the Heart of Racing
By Denise Woods
Though too few racing fans realize it, the NASCAR Winston Cup Scene series wouldn't be possible without the participation of a remarkable range of women. This book profiles a cross-section of women- from drivers' wives to top executives and team owners- who have been instrumental in making NASCAR America's biggest sport. Woods, who played her own part as a racing journalist and team PR executive, tells the stories of 13 of NASCAR's most notable women. Among them Stevie Waltrip, Deb Williams, Lesa France Kennedy. 144 Pages soft cover