{"product_id":"9781574885590","title":"Taking Stock: Life in NASCAR's Fast Lane","description":"\u003cbr\u003eNASCAR’s Winston Cup Series has become one of America’s fastest-growing spectator sports, with nationwide television coverage, custom-built race cars, and superstar drivers. Yet the sport’s roots are grounded in the moonshiners and farm boys who raced souped-up family cars every weekend on the dirt tracks of the Southeast. The evolution of stock car racing from a band of regional weekend warriors into a billion-dollar industry sponsored by some of the nation’s largest corporations is explored by eight of the sport’s most respected and experienced chroniclers. \u003ci\u003eTaking Stock\u003c\/i\u003e includes previously unpublished stories about the past and present of racing, and it provides a close-up look at the characters, rich and poor, prominent and obscure, who possess the stuff of legends. This collection features racing stories by award-winning motorsports journalists Monte Dutton of the \u003ci\u003eGaston\u003c\/i\u003e(GASTONIA, N.C.) \u003ci\u003eGazette\u003c\/i\u003e, Kenny Bruce of \u003ci\u003eNASCAR Winston Cup Scene\u003c\/i\u003e, Mike Hembree of the \u003ci\u003eGreenville\u003c\/i\u003e (S.C.) \u003ci\u003eNews\u003c\/i\u003e, Jim McLaurin of the \u003ci\u003eState\u003c\/i\u003e (Columbia, S.C.), Jeff Owens of \u003ci\u003eNASCAR Winston Cup Scene\u003c\/i\u003e, David Poole of the \u003ci\u003eCharlotte\u003c\/i\u003e (N.C.) \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e, Thomas Pope of the \u003ci\u003eFayetteville\u003c\/i\u003e (N.C.) \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e, and Larry Woody of the \u003ci\u003eTennessean\u003c\/i\u003e (Nashville).","brand":"Potomac Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47054912454896,"sku":"9781574885590","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781574885590_p0.jpg?v=1763798240","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781574885590","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}