{"product_id":"9781616730123","title":"Mickey Thompson: The Fast Life and Tragic Death of a Racing Legend","description":"\u003cp\u003e When Mickey Thompson and his wife Trudy were assassinated in their driveway in the pre-dawn hours of March 16, 1988,  the salacious details of the crime and the years of legal wrangling  that followed made for hundreds of splashy headlines and sexy television  soundbytes. After  all, the story had it all . . . unknown hooded gunmen riding into a  gated Southern California community on bicycles, ambushing their victims  and brutally ending their lives while neighbors ate breakfast and read  the morning paper. Leaving  behind more than $70,000 in jewelry, the killing was an obvious “hit,”  and those close to Mickey and Trudy immediately pointed to Mickey’s  hot-headed former business partner Michael Goodwin as the mastermind  behind the tragedy. Nearly 20 years later, Goodwin was found guilty by a  Pasadena Superior Court jury in 2006 of two counts of first-degree  murder. The actual gunmen were never identified or apprehended. John Walsh and America’s  Most Wanted did multiple episodes leading up to the conviction. Robert  Stack featured the murders on Unsolved Mysteries. CBS’ 48 Hours Mystery  got in the act. Everyone wanted a piece of the story. A good story, however, has much more than a powerful ending. Who was Mickey Thompson? What made him more than just another victim of violent crime in America? This is what Mickey Thompson: The Fast Life and Mysterious Death of a Racing Legend explores.    Mickey  was one of the most influential figures in early American motorsports.  While he did have loyal and longtime friends, Mickey always did things  one way . . . his way. And he did it with speed . . . he did everything  with speed.             From  his 1950s adventures in the Carrera Panamericana, ending with five dead  and dramatic pictures in Life Magazine in 1953, through making a  one-way run of 406.60 miles per hour at the Bonneville Salt Flats in  1960 in his famed Challenger, through multiple trend-setting entries in  the famed Indianapolis 500 and into the creation of some of the most  popular off-road racing series and motor sportsstadium shows, Mickey’s  life was full of “firsts.” And  in a world that seems to be moving faster than even Mickey Thompson  could have imagined, the complete story of this true American legend is  one worth slowing down for \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Motorbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177952690416,"sku":"9781616730123","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781616730123_p0.jpg?v=1763849233","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781616730123","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}