Then Junior Said to Jeff--: The Best NASCAR Stories Ever Told | 
 enlarge | Author: Jim Mclaurin
Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
Category: Book
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 132958
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 182
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.6 x 0.8
ISBN: 1572438479
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.72
EAN: 9781572438477
Publication Date: February 28, 2006
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Condition: Brand new but no cd and inside front cover shows where cd was torn off from on the binding.
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Book Description
NASCAR racing reigns as America's most popular sport not only because of its high-speed thrills and chills but also for the colorful characters and memorable moments this unique fraternity has produced over the past half century. Below are just a handful of excerpts from the sport's greatest behind-the-scenes stories ever told, as compiled in the first-of-its-kind collection, "Then Junior Said to Jeff…": "I'd rather not elaborate on that," [Dale Earnhardt Sr.] said [when addressing the media after his seventh Winston Cup championship and being asked about the earlier death of driver Neil Bonnett], then paused again. When he looked up, there was genuine pain in his face. His voice was halting when he spoke: "I can't go fishing in my own lake because of Neil," he said. "Because we fished in it all the time. I can't. . . . I've tried. . . . It's Neil's pond." Track promoter Enoch Staley recalls a race on Junior Johnson's home track of North Wilkesboro Speedway: "I saw something sail out of the stands and over the fence, right in front of [Johnson's opponent's] car. It hit the track and broke into a thousand pieces. It was a quart-sized fruit jar filled with white liquor.Once he'd avoided the shattered glass, Johnson watched what came next with amusement. "I saw that the law had come to the scene and was trying to arrest the guy," he said. "There was a pretty lively scuffle going on 'til the deputies got him handcuffed and took him off." But that, according to Staley, wasn't the funny part. "Junior didn't tell the rest of the story," he said. "The fan that got taken to jail was a feller named Ernest Money. He was Junior's uncle."
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 Makes drivers more human August 5, 2006
Mike D. (Hometown-US)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
For Nascar fans like me Poole takes us behind the scenes and gives us some idea of what the drivers are like. Beware that the stories arent all comical or anything like that. But if you're into racing, it provides a depth that humanizes the drivers, warts included.
You know what?
There has to be more stories than just here. Mr Poole oughtta hurry up and write a sequel.
Nascar Stories February 21, 2007
Sandi Packard (Shelby, NC)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Like NASCAR? You'll love this book. I bought 2 of them for gifts. The recipients started thumbing through the books immediately. Great stories from NASCAR people.
Great read for NASCAR fans! March 15, 2008
Jeanne E. Gale
Bought it for my husband as a Christmas present, he's still reading it. I read it while looking for a new book to get into. I am now a Tony Stewart fan.
Too funny! July 10, 2006
Julie W. Sharp (Meridian, MS USA)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
A fun read for all NASCAR fans! We definitely recommend it for non-serious reading!!
 Cover art & title are a little misleading April 14, 2006
R. V. Spence
22 out of 23 found this review helpful
This is a pretty good book, but not if you're expecting stories from the current era of NASCAR stars, for example, Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Most of the stories relate to the older stars, and that's fine, but considering the cover art and the lead in for the title, I expected a little more of the "new" and a lilttle less of the "old" stories.
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