Table of Contents

Acknowledgments. Prologue. 1 "Rain, Rain, Go Away ..." 2 The First 500. 3 Getting Started. 4 The Gray Ghost. 5 Peaches and Black-Eyed Peas. 6 The Emergence of Earnhardt. 7 Benny's World. 8 Second Cousins ... Sometimes. 9 Tougher and Toughest? 10 Grand Masters. 11 Breaking Away. 12 The Last Lap. Epilogue. Bibliography. Index.

About the Author

Joe Menzer is the author of The Wildest Ride: A History of NASCAR (or, How a Bunch of Good Ol' Boys Built a Billion-Dollar Industry Out of Wrecking Cars) and a lead writer for NASCAR.com. An award-winning writer and reporter, he has been a regular contributor to the Sporting News, USAToday.com, and Inside Sports. His articles have also appeared in the Washington Post and other publications. He lives with his wife and four children in Charlotte, North Carolina.