Fast Guys Rich Guys and Idiots a Racing Odyssey on Border of Obsession - Hardcover

Moses, Sam

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0937159093 ISBN 13: 9780937159095

Publisher: Motorbooks Intl, 1986

Synopsis

Sam Moses, a motorsports writer for Sports Illustrated, was assigned to go racing and write about what happened. Fast Guys, Rich Guys, and Idiots is a personal odyssey that peers over the cliff of change and into the pit of obsession. From small-time races to glittery grands prix, it lays bare the greed, lust, and desperation of every driver for time behind the wheel and a faster car. It explains the perfectionism behind taking a turn at the limit and describes the intoxicating thrill of stealing down the Daytona back straight at nearly two hundred miles an hour.

The core of Moses's story takes place in the heartland of stock car racing, there he finds a spot on a team in Ether, North Carolina. The team's owner is a tough Louisiana oil man, its crew chief a lanky, laconic Texan, and its number-one driver a hairy-chested leadfoot who learned fast driving on backwoods Georgia roads, delivering beauty supplies in his Mustang. Crashes echo throughout the tale that follows, five of them the author's own.

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Review

A candid, often hilarious account of [Mosess] experiences on the tracks, in the garages and in the gasoline alleys of the racing worldbut especially memorable is the wild variety of characters Moses met along the way. The book might have been written twenty years ago, but racing is still populated by fast guys, rich guys, and idiots.Brock Yates, Wall Street Journal -- Brock Yates "Wall Street Journal" (11/18/2006)

"A candid, often hilarious account of [Moses's experiences on the tracks, in the garages and in the gasoline alleys of the racing world--but especially memorable is the wild variety of characters Moses met along the way. The book might have been written twenty years ago, but racing is still populated by fast guys, rich guys, and idiots."--Brock Yates, "Wall Street Journal"--Brock Yates"Wall Street Journal" (11/18/2006)

A candid, often hilarious account of [Moses s] experiences on the tracks, in the garages and in the gasoline alleys of the racing world but especially memorable is the wild variety of characters Moses met along the way. The book might have been written twenty years ago, but racing is still populated by fast guys, rich guys, and idiots. Brock Yates, Wall Street Journal--Brock Yates"Wall Street Journal" (11/18/2006)"

"A candid, often hilarious account of [Moses's] experiences on the tracks, in the garages and in the gasoline alleys of the racing world--but especially memorable is the wild variety of characters Moses met along the way. The book might have been written twenty years ago, but racing is still populated by fast guys, rich guys, and idiots."--Brock Yates, Wall Street Journal--Brock Yates"Wall Street Journal" (11/18/2006)

About the Author

Sam Moses was a staff writer for Sports Illustrated for seventeen years on the motorsports beat. He worked as deputy editor at AutoWeek and received automotive journalism’s prestigious Ken Purdy Award. He is the author of At All Costs: How a Crippled Ship and Two American Merchant Mariners Reversed the Tide of World War II.

Edition details

• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0937159093
• ISBN 13: 9780937159095
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1