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“NASCAR Legends”
By Don Hunter and Ben White
Book Review by Gregg Leary
“NASCAR Legends” is a "blast from the past,"... "a leisurely walk down the pit lanes of yesteryear,"... intimate photographic portraits by Don Hunter combined with Ben White’s insightful prose profiles of the men who built the foundation of NASCAR... and those who stood on the shoulders of these giants.
The cover will tell you instantly if you are a long-term core fan of NASCAR. A dozen photographic portraits showcase a baker’s dozen of famous NASCAR personalities. How many can YOU name? (From upper left to lower right they are: 1. Bobby Allison 2. Wendell Scott 3. Junior Johnson 4. Smokey Yunick 5. Fred Lorenzen 6. Richard Petty 7. Ralph Earnhardt 8. Cale Yarborough 9. Ned Jarrett 10. Dale Earnhardt 11. Curtis Turner 12. Ralph Moody and John Holman. How did you do? Now for the bonus question. Who is driving the #27 Pontiac and the #15 Ford in the cover photo. (Give up? It’s Tim Richmond in the #27 Pontiac and Dale Earnhardt in the #15 Ford... yes, Earnhardt
Talk about a “Who’s Who.” The Contents contain the following:
Bobby Allison
Davey Allison
Donnie Allison
Elzie Wylie “Buddy” Baker
Neil Bonnett
Henry Neil “Soapy” Castles
Dale Earnhardt
Bill Elliott
Tim Flock
Bill France, Sr.
Jeff Gordon
John Holman and Ralph Moody
Ernie Irvan
Robert Vance Isaac
Dale Jarrett
Ned Jarrett
Junior Johnson
Alan Kulwicki
Terry Labonte
Fred Lorenzen
Tiny Lund
Dave Marcis
Sterling Marlin
Mark Martin
Everette Douglas “Cotton” Owens
Benny Parsons
David Pearson
Kyle Petty
Richard Petty
Tim Richmond
Glenn “Fireball” Roberts
Ricky Rudd
Ken Schrader
Wendell Scott
Curtis Turner
Rusty Wallace
Darrell Waltrip
Joe Weatherly
Glen and Leonard Wood
Cale Yarborough
Lee Roy Yarbrough
Henry “Smokey” Yunick
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