Novelist Don Keith
Co-author of America's fastest-paced new fictional series!
"The ROLLING THUNDER novels do exactly what they promise to do: put the reader in the pits, behind the scenes, in the cockpit of a racecar, but they also give a compelling look at the personal side of big-time racing. Mostly, though, they are simply great stories about truly interesting people."
--- Peter Golenbock
Author, The Last Lap: The Life and Times of NASCAR's Legendary Heroes
Co-editor, The Stockcar Racing Encyclopedia
Co-author, No Fear: Ernie Irvan: The NASCAR Driver's Story of Tragedy and Triumph
(Click on any of the titles above to learn more about books by Peter Golenbock)
Don Keith and co-author Kent Wright have created a series of exciting new novels set in America's fastest-growing sport, big-time stockcar racing. While written on an adult level, the books are perfectly suitable for readers from 12 years of age and up. It is not necessary to read the books in any particular order either. Each work stands on its own. The stories are based on real characters and actual events in the history of racing, from the whiskey-hauling days in Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina to the slick, new speedways of today. Many of the actual, real-life legends of the sport make appearances in the books. Critics have praised the writing while fans have expressed appreciation for the accuracy of the events. The authors have tried to place readers right there in the cockpit of a 700-horsepower racecar!
As "racing superstar" Jodell Lee says in the beginning of Book 1, WHITE LIGHTNING:
The ROLLING THUNDER racing series novels are available wherever books are sold. If your bookstore is out of stock, they will be happy to order them for you. They are also available from any on-line bookseller, usually at a discount.
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Great site for news and to subscribe to their regular e-mail updates...all at no charge. Excellent digest of most of the other Web pages and newsletters dedicated to stock car racing, usually with direct links to those stories.
Another good source of news and another good free e-mail newsletter to which you can subscribe...usually takes a lighthearted, off-beat approach to the sport.
By far the best site on the Web for unbiased racing news, with the latest inside information on drivers and teams and hundreds of links to other racing-oriented sites.
Good source of information about all levels of racing in addition to NASCAR. Has results and news from a huge array of local tracks.
Though they are a bit touchy about anyone using their name or logo on a Web site, these are the guys who run the sport. This site gives you the latest information, schedules, news and more. You can listen to races live, eavesdrop on in-car communications, chat with drivers and see a full schedule of radio and TV shows dealing with motorsports.
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