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highly recommended --Gaston Gazette; a wealth of data...an educational experience...turning the pages...will unleash the smell of hot oil, the roar of old time V-8 engines, and the ghosts of racing past --Our State; these speedways were crucial outlets--and the Carolinas a vital market--for NASCAR during the sanctioning body's ascent to the prominent cultural and economic spot it holds today. Fans of the sport will enjoy Wood's book --The North Carolina Historical Review; provides a fertile data field for scholars...Wood has done his homework...recommended...well-documented information about the Carolinas' tracks of the past --Appalachian Journal; Wood brings a poetic flair and passion to his subject --Ashe Mountain Times.

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Perry Allen Wood is an investigator for Wells Fargo Bank and a noted racing historian. He has written three other McFarland books on stock car racing, appears weekly on Droppin’ the Hammer and lives in Spartanburg.

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