Plenty of inspiration for the Rock County Raceway comes from reading books, watching videos and enjoying stock car racing on TV and radio. I can lend any of the following books and DVDs to RCR racers. Books The World's Number One, Flat-Out, All-Time Great Stock Car Racing Book (1975) - Jerry Bledsoe Driving With the Devil: Southern Moonshine, Detroit Wheels, and the Birth of Nascar (2006) - Neal Thompson Hard Driving: the Wendell Scott Story (2008) - Brian Donovan At the Altar of Speed: The Fast Life and Tragic Death of Dale Earnhardt (2001) - By Leigh Montville Jimmie Johnson: A Desert Rat's Race to Nascar Stardom (2004) - Ron LeMasters The Unfair Advantage (1975) - Mark Donohue with Paul Van Valkenburgh Fast Guys, Rich Guys and Idiots: A Racing Odyssey on the Border of Obsession (1986) - Sam Moses Silent Thunder: breaking through cultural, racial, and class barriers in motor sports (2004) - Leonard W. Miller For Gold and Glory: Charlie Wiggins and the African-American Racing Car Circuit (2007) - Todd Gould The Physics of NASCAR: The Science Behind the Speed (2008) - Diandra Leslie-Pelecky Men and Speed: A Wild Ride Through NASCAR's Breakout Season (2002) - G. Wayne Miller The Last Lap (1998) - Peter Golenbock Stock Car Champions: Running with NASCAR's Best (2000) - Richard Huff Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul: Stories of Courage, Speed and Overcoming Adversity (2003) Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari and their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans (2009) - A J Baime DVDs Talladega Nights Days of Thunder YouTube videos The Rockford Speedway and Bowman Gray Stadium were both big influences on the Rock County Raceway. Here are two short TV features about them. Rockford Speedway TV feature (14 minutes) Bowman Gray Stadium TV feature (6 minutes) |
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