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NASCAR; The Complete History by Greg Fielden and Bryan Hallman Lincolnwood, Illinois: Publications International, 2010



===**__Summary/Description__:** //NASCAR; The Complete// History is indeed a complete history of NASCAR. The book starts with the dark ages before NASCAR was an idea. Greg Fielden explains how NASCAR was formed in the days of Prohibition. During this time, making alcohol and corn whiskey, a.k.a moonshine was illegal. However, many people continued to make it and "souped up" their cars to outrun the police.The moonshiners started to race their cars to see which one of them was the fastest and //voila//, NASCAR was born.=== ===This is a very informative book. It tells each individual season and includes many pictures of important moments depicted in NASCAR. Each chapter is about one season of NASCAR. As you can guess, this is a very long book because there are so many seasons. Luckily, there are interesting photos on every page so you can see exactly what happened in all the most famous races. At the end of each chapter there is a list of the final standings of the season. Reading each chapter is like reliving each season of NASCAR, from beginning to end.===

__**Beyond the Book**__: Go beyond the book by exploring these recommended web resources: >
 * [] - This website will give you up-to-date standings and the schedule for future races. You can also buy tickets for races and NASCAR related merchandise.You can also watch highlight videos from past races. Also, you can see if your favorite driver is doing well by checking the driver stats. This is a very good website if you are looking for the most recent information of the NASCAR season.
 * []- If you looking for simply the most up-to-date news about NASCAR, this is the site for you. On this site there is a large collection of articles all about NASCAR. There is news about current races and new rules and regulations that the Head of NASCAR, Brian France. There is also some gossip articles about how the drivers are doing and why they are winning or losing so much. This site definitely has most of the news and rumors of NASCAR.


 * [|www.nascarracinggames.org]- Feel like playing some NASCAR games? Then this is the site for you! On this site there are tons of games all anout NASCAR. There are standard racing around a track games. There are also some games that are unusual, such as ones where your objective is to hit other cars ! This is a site made for the NASCAR gamer.


 * [] - This website is all about the Prohibition era. Prohibition is the whole reason why NASCAR was formed. Although this website does not mention NASCAR, it is interesting to know why people would start to race cars. This article explains why Prohibition was a big deal in the United States. The Prohibition era was an attempt to make the American people better, but many believe it did the exact opposite. Without it, many people would not have done illegal acts or be introduced to drugs. However, without it, NASCAR would not be here.


 * []- If you want a quick history of how NASCAR started, here is your website. This is a quick and easy to read article about how NASCAR was formed. It captures the most important moments in NASCAR's earliest history. Most of this article is about "Big" Bill France, the head of NASCAR. It was he who developed the idea of a series of scheduled races throughtout the course of a year. Not exactly unusual today, but at the time it was an unheard of idea. This is a very simple rundown of the beginning of NASCAR.


 * []- This website is about "Big" Bill France Sr. According to the article, he is the father of NASCAR. Nobody could argue with this statement as he was the one who came up with the idea, called the meeting to discuss it, and helped organize the first races of NASCAR ever. He even raced in a few of them. This website also tells a little bit about his childhood and how he grew up around cars. This is a very good website to find out about Bill France.