Driving with the Devil
Subtitle: Southern Moonshine, Detroit Wheels, and the Birth of NASCAR
Publisher: Crown
Published: October 3, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9781400082254
Subjects: United States; Southern States; U.S. Local History - Southern States; Sports & Recreation; History - U.S; United States - State & Local - South; Sports; United States - 20th Century; Stock car racing; Motor Sports; History / United States / 20th Century; History; Automobile Racing; Biography
Description: Describes the origins of NASCAR racing in the world of Southern moonshiners, who used fast Ford cars to transport bootleg alcohol during the Depression and who transformed their driving skills to the Dixie racetracks in the aftermath of World War II.