1979 was a pivotal year for NASCAR. And He Crashed Me So I Crashed Him Back tells the story of that year. Before 1979 NASCAR was a racing phenomenon that was associated with the south. Like southern belles, grits, country music, Mark Twain, and the Confederate flag. But February 1979 saw the first live network televised airing of the Daytona 500. The biggest race on the NASCAR race schedule, and the first race that starts the NASCAR race season.
Broadcast before the days of cable and 500+ channels to select from. The Daytona 500 race was broadcast when a major snowstorm was blanketing the country, and most American's were home bound with not a wide variety of television programming to select from. The result was a major television viewing audience, with a majority of viewers learning about stock car racing for the first time. And at the end of that race, race car drivers Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison end up crashing together and getting into a fight that wound up also including Donnie's brother Bobby Allison. The excitement of the televised race along with the end of the race fight between the drivers made headlines all across America and brought NASCAR to the conscious of the nation. And from the point on, NASCAR has seen tremendous growth in the sport of stock car racing.
And He Crashed Me So I Crashed Him Back follows the events on and off the track to the completion of the 1979 race season after the Daytona 500. The lives of the major drivers competing during the season are covered. Those drivers profiled include Richard Petty, Kyle Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Cale Yarborough, Bobby and Donnie Allison, Darrel Waltrip, and A.J. Foyt.
The author does an excellent job covering the relationships of the drivers, the friendships, the feuds, the rivalries, and the business dealings between drivers and the team owners. The drivers by the nature of their sport and the level of competition drives them into on the edge behavior that really makes the drivers personalities larger than life. The overall nature of the story of NASCAR, its drivers and team owners is fast paced, rollicking, and a fun enjoyable read. As a NASCAR fan and weekly tv viewer of each race I really enjoyed He Crashed Me So I Crashed Him Back. It was a fast read for me. :) I would expect that even someone not exposed to NASCAR will enjoy the adventure of NASCAR's 1979 pivotal race season.
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