A History of East Tennessee Auto Racing: The Thrill of the Mountains (Sports) by David Mcgee
East Tennessee isn't typically mentioned among stock car racing's formative hotbeds. But the region from Bristol to Oneida and Chattanooga encapsulates a significant portion of the sport's history. From pioneers like Brownie King and Paul Lewis of Johnson City to former national champions Joe Lee Johnson of Chattanooga and L.D. Ottinger of Newport, East Tennessee has produced many of NASCAR's great drivers. The region is home to one of the world's largest sports stadiums in the Bristol Motor Speedway, but NASCAR also made regular visits to other area tracks. Whether the surface is red clay, asphalt or brushed concrete, East Tennessee still boasts some of the world's fastest, most competitive racing. Join author and racing insider David McGee as he presents a vast array of colorful characters whose passion fueled a sport that has gone from primitive to prime time.
McGee, David M.: - David M. McGee is an award-winning writer, journalist, and racing historian. He serves as the senior public address announcer at Bristol Motor Speedway, special events announcer at Bristol Dragway, and historian for both facilities. He has 40-plus years in motorsports and is the author of six previous books on racing history, including four dealing with Bristol; the latest being BRISTOL: Stories of Oval and Drag Racing in Thunder Valley from CarTech Publishing. He is a news reporter for the Bristol Herald Courier newspaper where he helped win the 2018 Scripps Howard Award for Community Journalism and a wide range of national, state, and regional press awards. He is co-founder of the Central Appalachia Racing Archives, a new nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, documenting, the promoting the auto racing heritage of East Tennessee, Southwestern Virginia, and East-Central Kentucky. He is a voting member for the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame and Kentucky Motorsports Hall of Fame, in his native Kentucky. He is a graduate of Morehead State University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781626191372 |
| ISBN 10 | 1626191379 |
| Title | A History of East Tennessee Auto Racing: The Thrill of the Mountains (Sports) |
| Author | David Mcgee |
| Series | Sports Ser |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | History Press |
| Year published | 2014-02-11 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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