The Great Books - These Are The Top 10 Racing Books You Should Own By Rick Houston

From Racing Milestones, America's Race Fan Magazine
December 2007 www.RacingMilestones.com

The Great Books - These Are The Top 10 Racing Books You Should Own By *Rick Houston.
*Rick Houston is also the author of Second To None: The History of the NASCAR Busch Series, which he originally selected as Nos. 1, 4, 7 and 9 for this list.

1. Forty Years of Stock Car Racing by Greg Fielden (The Galfield Press 1988).

2. Along For the Ride: A Collection of Stories from the Fast and Furious World of Stock Car Racing, by Larry Woody (Sports Publishing 2003).

3. Best Damn Garage in Town: The world According to Smokey, by Smokey Yunick (Carbon Press 2001).

4. Unseen Earnhardt: The Man Behind the Mask, editedby Lee Klancher (MBI Publishing Co. 2002).

5. Junior Johnson: Brave in Life, by Tom Higgins and Steve Waid (David Bull Publishing 1999).

6. Daytona 500: An Official History, by Bob Zeller (David Bull Publishing 2002).

7. Daytona: The Quest for Speed, by Tom Tucker and Jim Tiller (the News-Journal 1994).

8. The Wildest Ride: A History of NASCAR (or, How a Bunch of Good Ol' Boys Built a Billion-Dollar Industry Out of Wrecking Cars), by Joe Menzer (Simon & Schuster 2002).

9. Fireball: Legends Don't Fall From the Sky, by Godwin Kelly (Carbon Press 2005).

10. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Checkered Flag, by Dick Thompson (Precision Publishing 2004).