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    Earnhardt Nation: The Full-Throttle Saga of NASCAR's First Family

    By Jay Busbee

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    A colorful, fearless portrait of the larger-than-life first family of NASCAR, the Earnhardts, and the rise of the world’s fastest stock car racing organization.

    More than sixty years ago, Ralph Earnhardt toiled in a cotton mill in his native North Carolina to support his growing family. Weekends he could be found going pedal to the metal at the dirt tracks, taking on the competition in the early days of box car racing and becoming one of the best short-track drivers in the state. His son, Dale Earnhardt Sr., would become one of the greatest drivers of all time, and his grandson Dale Jr, would become NASCAR’s most popular driver of the 2000s. From a simple backyard garage, the Earnhardts reached the highest echelons of professional stock car racing and became the stuff of myth for fans.

    Earnhardt Nation is the story of this car racing dynasty and the business that would make them rich and famous—and nearly tear them apart. Covering all the white-knuckle races, including the final lap at the Daytona 500 that claimed the life of the Intimidator, Earnhardt Nation goes deep into the fast-paced world of NASCAR, its royal family’s obsession with speed, and their struggle with celebrity. Jay Busbee takes us deep inside the lives of these men and women who shaped NASCAR. He delves into their personal and professional lives, from failed marriages to rivalries large and small to complex and competitive father-son relationships that have reverberated through generations, and explores the legacy the Earnhardts struggle to uphold.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateFeb 16, 2016
    ISBN9780062367730
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    Earnhardt Nation: The Full-Throttle Saga of NASCAR's First Family
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    Jay Busbee

    Jay Busbee writes for Yahoo! Sports, where he edits the NASCAR blog From the Marbles and the golf blog Devil Ball. He has also contributed to Esquire, ESPN.com, Slam, Atlanta and many other publications. And he often veers from journalism and just makes stuff up, writing comic books and the occasional novel. BLUFF CITY, a crime/comedy set in Memphis, is his first ebook, with RUN & SHOOT, a college football murder mystery, set to follow.

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    • 4/5
      This was a very interesting read about the Earnhardt legacy. Lots of research and lots of things that I did not know about the family dynamics. This is a family with a definite race mentality, right down to the youngest.
    • 3/5
      I'll reserve my review of the book for a personal story.

      I just can’t remember, so many years ago, however in 87,88, or 89 in either North Wilkesboro, Martinsville, or Richmond, my dad and I went to watch the race. In the south, when you say "THE race" everyone knows you mean the NASCAR race that weekend. Anyways, somehow dad and I end up in the NASCAR Family side of the infield at the track. This would be in turns 3 & 4, the action packed corner of any track. We wanted to be near the action. Making our way from where dad parked the car, we get up to the fence, keeping us about 15, maybe 20 feet from the track. We had no chairs to sit for the entire race and we were offered a tailgate of a pickup truck to sit on. We later found out we were watching the race from Kyle Petty's truck bed. Next to the son of "The King's" truck were two guys who happened to work with Dale Earnhardt. These two also happened to have pit passes! They graciously offered to take my dad and I into the restricted pit-lane and watch a Dale Earnhardt pitstop. When my turn came, I was second after dad, I got to see a green flag pitstop - it was amazing! I remember being able to literally feel the power of Dale Earnhardt’s car as it leapt out of the stall and back on to the track And the gas man, Chocolate Myers, watching him do his job was seriously like a ballet. Handling two gas cans without missing a beat.

      However, this isn't even close to the best part of the story.

      Dale Earnhardt went on to win this race. Victory lane back in these days was right on the track near the start/finish line. And, yes, dad and I got to go into Victory Lane. To get to victory lane we had to cross the pit road. The very same road all of these BIG LOUD RACE CARS are being driven down by a bunch of pissed off drivers who just lost. Not being used to the situation and not paying attention I wander out on to pit road without looking and almost get run over by either Morgan Sheppard or Ricky Rudd (depending on which year it was) driving the Quaker State Buick. Surviving this close call, I am on to victory lane! Getting into the crowd finding the perfect spot, I lean back on the driver side front quarter panel of Dale Earnhardt's car. Let’s just say, after running flat-out for the past three or four hours, it was damn hot! Jumping up to avoid being burned I bump into the camera man filming the victory lane interview.

      Still not the best part – during the interview, I decide I want to shake Dale Earnhardt’s hand. I stick out my hand in the middle of the interview in the middle of victory lane and shook Dale Earnhardt’s hand. How cool is that?