About the Author

Jim McLaurin writes about auto racing for THESTATE.COM, South Carolina's home page. He won the writer-of-the-year awards of the National Motorsports Press Association in 1993 and 1999 and of the International Hot Rod Association in 1983. He lives near Columbia, South Carolina. Floyd Conner is the author of numerous popular sports books, including Baseball's Most Wanted(TM), Football's Most Wanted(TM), and Golf!, which sold more than 150,000 copies. He has been interviewed many times for radio, newspaper, and television and lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.