Manmade Thunder (HB) - Description
Written by
Godwin Kelly, widely acknowledged to be one of the best motorsports journalists
in America, ManMade Thunder examines the sport of stock car racing through the
eyes and ears of the men behind the wheel, the men with the wrench in their
hands, and those who pay the bills.
Alongside the
insightful text are over 250 stunning photographs, including many from the Don
Hunter Collection and The Sharpe Image. The photography is unique; approximately
two thirds of the images in the book have never been published before. The
images showcase the drivers, teams, cars, celebrations and crashes, and are
accompanied by extended captions.
ManMade Thunder takes
the reader through a visual and narrative journey of the history of the sport –
from humble beginnings of family cars raced on dirt tracks, to the glitz and
glamour that has made today’s NASCAR a national phenomenon. The book examines
how the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series has transformed from a purely performance-based
sport into a personality-driven enterprise over the last two decades.
While the main
chapters focus on the current top drivers and past greats [Petty, Earnhardt,
Gordon, Johnson, Earnhardt Jr., Stewart, Martin, Harvick and Busch are all
present], the subchapters cleverly weave former legends and other aspects of
the sport into the narrative; AJ Foyt is examined in Tony Stewart’s chapter, Cale
Yarborough features in Jimmie Johnson’s, safety aspects are weighed up in Dale
Jr.’s, and the multi-car team is discussed in Jeff Gordon’s. In addition,
exclusive first person sections reveal what the drivers really think …
ManMade Thunder
is unlike any other book previously published on NASCAR.
