(Part 2) Reddit mentions: The best sports books

First things first, what type of karts does this track have by you, the more detail the better (rentals, competition karts, chassis name, engine model/mfg.)

1. You learn from doing, watching, trial and error, reading books and manuals. The engine side depends on what engine you go with (2 cycle /4 cycle).Great book on the most popular 2-cycle engine, Yamaha KT-100 | The Karting Manual, haven't read this one yet, but looks promising from the reviews | Memo Gidley's Karting: Everything you need to know, I personally liked this book as it was good and being simple to understand
   
2. eBay isn't a bad place to start, craigslist is hit or miss as I have seen people trying to sell like new Shifter kart that was actually a 15 year old kart with a motor that hasn't been in competition in 20 years on it, another place to start is find club forums, ekartingnews.com has a good forum that many of the top national members communicate through. Also, DO NOT BUY A BRAND NEW KART when you're starting unless you're comfortable spending $10K. There are amazing deals on used karts that are in great shape, just have to keep your eyes peeled, fight a club or go to a regional race in your area at the end of the season, most people in the higher tiers of this sport will practically give stuff away to make room for new.
   
3. Best place to start is at a local club, this is where you will get the most experience and information from, traveling to regional series is not advisable without a few years of club experience under your belt.
   
4. Most likely not, almost all racing clubs/orgs. require a snell rated/SA certified full face helmet. Entry level HJC, K1, Arai, or Bell motorcycle helmets can be bought for $1-200 and work great for getting started, remember this is your head you're talking about. Here are links for mid-high end helmets specifically for karting if you really want to spare no expense (honestly, just buy a entry level helmet) Bell karting specific helmets Arai SK-6
   
5. I can take a look to see what shops are around your area, the track you found might know of some places. Otherwise online is becoming more and more popular if you're okay with it, just have to plan ahead. Here are a couple midwest places that have good customer service and online shops, the owners of these places are great people and I have known them for a while. Franklin Karts in Wisconsin by Badger Kart Club | Comet Kart Sales in Indiana at NCMP track | Newer place in Wisconsin | Guy has been around karting for forever and is great to work with.
   
6. Some drivers have sponsors beyond family members (g-parents etc... or family businesses), unfortunately karting isn't a big enough platform for companies, many local restaurants and bars will tend to help the younger crowd out. But in saying this, it never hurts to try and is a great skill to possess in your life, the ability to sell yourself, its an invaluable skill I've honed since I was 8 years old through karting.
   
7. This question depends on what you like and what is available in your area. The major categories are sprint karting (european style), road racing, dirt oval. for more info on the major types go to the WKA Website to leanr more or ekartingnews for great tips on getting started.
   Nicholson Speedway in Chestertown, MD
   
   Sandyhook Speedway in Sandyhook, MD
   
   These are the only two sprint tracks that I found in MD, Since you live in an area that makes it easier to travel to other states I would look at those as well.
   
   Here is a list of master tracks through out the country, these tracks are recognised by the WKA for having solid clubs to support the tracks and follow the WKA rule book fairly closely.
   

Yeah it is a bit off-topic. I'm well invested in the history of Tarot, so I don't mind discussing it here.

Playing cards definitely didn't evolve from Tarot, it was the other way around. Regular playing cards entered Europe from contact with the Middle East. In Europe, contemporary lists of games from the 1360s don't mention card games, but lists from the 1370s have an over-abundance of it (but not Tarot). This would place the first mention of tarot in the 1420s (Milan) chronologically very early in the history of card games in Europe, because it wasn't after 50 years after the introduction of regular cards for Tarot in particular to become wildly popular. Tarot very quickly spread to what is now France, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Austria, Czech republic, Slowakia, Poland, Romania, Hungary - but never to the Great Britain, Ireland, Spain and Portugal. In the 18th century it was likely more popular than chess in some areas. Later of course also heavily redesigned with French suits of hearts/spades/diamonds/clubs - walk into a random supermarket in France and you'll find cheap 78-pack cards for playing games in this fashion, next to the regular playing cards - a specific form of tarot is still a VERY popular game there.

The best source for the factual history of the game and pack and the games played with it is; "A History of Games Played With the Tarot Pack: The Game of Triumphs, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2"

https://www.amazon.com/History-Games-Played-Tarot-Pack/dp/0773464476/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=history+of+games+played+with+the+tarot&qid=1564598447&s=books&sr=1-2

https://www.amazon.com/History-Games-Played-Tarot-Pack/dp/0773464492/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=history+of+games+played+with+the+tarot&qid=1564598447&s=books&sr=1-3

But the more modern occult connotation also has an excellent (factual) history book;

https://www.amazon.com/History-Occult-Tarot-Ronald-Decker/dp/1468308599

Cardgames, also of the Tarot-family, were always widely banned because of the gambling aspect. This is always explicitly mentioned, but sometimes Tarot-games (as gambling games) were explicitly allowed. All textual references to it we have from medieval times up until le Monde Primitif are in fact references to it as a trump-trick taking game.

It is however true that trump-trick taking games did NOT exist before tarot, so games like Jass, Whist and Bridge are all derived from it. This isn't widely known, simply for the fact that tarot as a game never spread to the English speaking world.

Depictions on the trumps are definitely simple, regular medieval Christian images.

I once wrote an article for historum about the factual history, you can find that here if you are interested in reading;

https://historum.com/threads/tarot-the-game-of-triumphs-european-heritage-in-the-form-of-leisure.95793/page-2

This question has been asked a bunch of times, but the one post I've found the most helpful was /u/that_video_art_guy's response in this post. For quick reference, here's the copy/paste:



I've read many of these books, I'm partial to the mechanics and team member books but find all of them to be very enjoyable.


The Super Collective Super list of Super Good F1 Books:

Mechanics/Team Members


[Life in the Pit Lane: Mechanic's Story of the Benetton Grand Prix Year](
http://www.amazon.com/Life-Pit-Lane-Mechanics-Benetton/dp/0760300267/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1356716346&sr=1-5&keywords=steve+matchett) - Steve Matchett

[The Mechanic's Tale: Life in the Pit-Lanes of Formula One](
http://www.amazon.com/Mechanics-Tale-Life-Pit-Lanes-Formula/dp/0752827839/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1356716346&sr=1-1&keywords=steve+matchett) - Steve Matchett

The Chariot Makers: Assembling the Perfect Formula 1 Car - Steve Matchett

Team Lotus: My View From the Pitwall - Peter Warr

Jo Ramirez: Memoirs of a Racing Man - Jo Ramirez

Art of War - Five Years in Formula One - Max Mosley, Adam Parr, Paul Tinker

Tales from the Toolbox: A Collection of Behind-the-Scenes Tales from Grand Prix Mechanics - Michael Oliver, Jackie Stewart


Technical Books

Red Bull Racing F1 Car: Haynes Owners' Workshop Manual

McLaren M23: 1973 Haynes Owners' Workshop Manual

Lotus 72: 1970 Haynes Owners' Workshop Manual

Tune to Win: The art and science of race car development and tuning - Carroll Smith

Engineer to Win - Carroll Smith

Nuts, Bolts, Fasteners and Plumbing Handbook AKA: Screw to Win - Carroll Smith

Race Car Vehicle Dynamics: Problems, Answers and Experiments - Doug Milliken

Chassis Design: Principles and Analysis - William F. Milliken, Douglas L. Milliken, Maurice Olley

The Racing & High-Performance Tire: Using Tires to Tune for Grip & Balance - Paul Haney


Technical Driving

Ultimate Speed Secrets: The Complete Guide to High-Performance and Race Driving - Ross Bentley

Going Faster! Mastering the Art of Race Driving - Carl Lopez

Working the Wheel - Martin Brundle


Drivers and Rivalry's

Senna Versus Prost: The Story of the Most Deadly Rivalry in Formula One - Malcolm Folley

The Limit: Life and Death on the 1961 Grand Prix Circuit - Michael Cannell

Winning Is Not Enough: The Autobiography - Sir Jackie Stewart

Shunt: The Story of James Hunt - Tom Rubython

Alex Zanardi: My Sweetest Victory: A Memoir of Racing Success, Adversity, and Courage - Alex Zanardi, Gianluca Gasparini, Mario Andretti.

It Is What It Is: The Autobiography - David Coulthard

Flat Out, Flat Broke: Formula 1 the Hard Way! - Perry McCarthy The Black Stig, Damon Hill

F1 Through the Eyes of Damon Hill: Inside the World of Formula 1 - Damon Hill, Photography: Sutton Images


People Of F1

Life at the Limit: Triumph and Tragedy in Formula One - Professor Sid Watkins

Beyond the Limit - Professor Sid Watkins

I Just Made The Tea: Tales from 30 years inside Formula 1 - Di Spires

Bernie: The Biography of Bernie Ecclestone - Susan Watkins


Picture Books

McLaren The Cars: Updated 2011 Edition

Art of the Formula 1 Race Car - Stuart Codling, James Mann, Peter Windsor, Gordon Murray

The Book Appalachian Trials by Zach Davis is about the AT, but it has some good information about the pros and cons of hiking with a partner, as well as what is necessary to make it work, that are applicable to any long trail. It covers the topic better than any other "how to" book of long distance hiking I've looked at does.

Another set of books that is also AT specific but still probably relevant are the Barefoot Sister's duology of books about yo-yoing the AT together- Southbound and Walking Home. They definitely had some blowups/fights along the way (some of which ended in tears), and the books are surprisingly honest in their descriptions of this psychologically difficult aspect of thru-hiking.

There is no guarantee that you guys are going to be compatible thru-hiking partners. And even if you are, it is still going to take willingness and effort from both of you to make it happen successfully. And even then, you're probably still going to have a couple of (potentially nasty) disagreements along the way. I agree with the others that working up to a thru-hike through some (relatively) shorter hikes that still require you to spend a lot of time with your SO is a good idea.

But don't just discount the idea because it is difficult or because you find major obstacles along the way to making it happen- being able to do something like this with your SO is a great way to become even closer with that person.

I'll also suggest Inverting the Pyramid and Soccernomics. Both are good reads.

The Secret Footballer's books are light and fun, if a little repetitive and a bit of a tease. I've found that he's always suggesting that he's going to reveal more than he ends up revealing, especially in the more recent books.

Das Reboot covers the recent history of German football and has some interesting stuff about Klopp in it.

And The Sun Shines Now is an excellent dive into the changes in English football post-Hillsborough, including looks at the media landscape and some investigation of German football as an alternative model for how clubs could be structured and relate to their supporters. It's a bit dry sometimes, but it's very, very good.

Far Foreign Land is about the 2005 Champions League final (and getting there), but it also covers Rome, Heysel, and Hillsborough. I think the long form really suits Tony Evans's writing style.

If you like oral history, check out Simon Hughes's books. I've only read Ring of Fire and Red Machine, but some of the interviews are top notch. Personally, I found the less famous players were usually more interesting than the more famous players.

Red Men is a stellar history of the club, particularly if you want to get familiar with LFC before Shankly.

Finally, if you like Inverting the Pyramid, you might find Talking Tactics interesting, too. I really liked it, but I'm not entirely sure that I got as much out of it as others might — it's kind of dense and dry.

> 1) Have games on the weekend.

It would be nice, but the schedule's already crowded, we have to deal with long FIFA breaks, and non-league games just don't draw. Yet.

> 2) Televise a game a round.

Absolutely. Televise them all -- do you know how many god damn channels there are?

But who pays for it? The live audiences measure only in rare cases beyond four figures, and this group here might be the largest of its type discussing the tournament in the world. We should have fireworks too, and a flyover by the Blue Angels. Who pays?

> 3) Increase the Prize

Well, duh. It's pretty damn clear to the couple thousand people who read these pages that OCFC knocking off two MLS teams including the current USOC holders in successive games is a pretty cool story.

It's also clear to us that the 100th anniversary of a trophy is a good story, particularly in that it's our trophy, it's 100 solid years, and it's an absolute gem of a competition.

Now if this writer has a way to magically conjure a couple million dollars to make all this happen, I'm more than willing to hear ideas. Because this piece really boils down to one idea: more money.

(Obligatory book recommendation: Distant Corners (David Wangerin, Temple University Press). This tells the sad and frustrating story of how the sport was repeatedly suffocated in the cradle by those who set themselves up to promote and protect it.

It's the pre-history of the game here, and covers the English and Scottish tours in the years around 1900, establishment of local clubs and leagues at the turn of the century, early US trips abroad, and the formation of the US Open Cup, among many other topics.

It can be an infuriating read, but that's a testament to the strength of the narrative and the source material. This is a work of genuine scholarship, but it's a must-read for a US student of the game.)

tl;dr: Common sense. USOC needs mo' money. Also, read Distant Corners.

For #3, watching games in person or on TV helps, especially if you try to call the shot before they do. That being said, I really enjoyed the Gabrielle Coleman book on intro to curling strategy. Unsure what your curling conditions are like, but it was helpful for me because I curl on arena ice, and it was a good read for me when I skipped my first game at a bonspiel at a dedicated club, since the strategy can be really different with different ice conditions. (The book helping me understand strategy when the ice curls as you expect it to!) It has a lot of scenarios that you can work through too, and discusses why you might want to approach the scenarios in different ways. At the very least, it's helped give me a framework for end strategy, giving me a better sense of how to set up the front end's rocks to try to set up the rest of the end. Reading through general patterns of strategy have also helped me better understand what's going on when watching games on TV/online too!

1. Get a framed poster of this for over the TV
   
   
2. Come onto /r/nufc and shitpost about Rafa, watermelons and windmills gloriously
   
   
3. Lie down and have a little cry
   
   In seriousness, have a look at the Wikipedia article - it's very well written and covers a lot of stuff. If you want to check out some Youtube videos of better times, look up Howay 5-0 (1996), The Entertainers (1995-1997), any of our Champions League exploits between 1998 and 2003, and the 2011/12 season. There're also songs associated with the club, such as the Blaydon Races, Coming Home Newcastle, Local Hero and so on that you can look at.
   
   And of course brace yourself for August and the football starting again, keep an eye on here as we're quite active! Welcome aboard (please bail some of the water out as you leave).
   
   If you want a proper look into north-east football for some summer reading, I'd heavily recommend Up There by Michael Walker, he goes through the entire history of the region's football and why it's so important to us. While I'm at it, Touching Distance is great as well, about the Entertainers period under Keegan from 1992 to 1998.

Its hard to sum up on what makes it worth watching, the drivers have a lot of personality, the level of competition is very high, and with 43 cars on the track there is always something going on.

The quality of racing is very good if you like a lot of passing (overtaking for the F1 terms). Depending on what track they are at, it can very close quarters racing with very aggressive driving. Lots of strategy involved on any given week.

A couple of books I would recommend are:
http://www.amazon.com/Driving-Devil-Southern-Moonshine-Detroit/dp/1400082269/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309974163&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Cheating-Inside-Things-Winston-Pursuit/dp/1893618226/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1309974122&sr=8-1

Why do I love NASCAR?
Again its kinda hard to answer. Like all the things I've mentioned before and also the access viewers can get. A lot of drivers are on Twitter which gives you insight into their day to day lives you don't normally see. You can get complete access to radio feeds of the teams during races.

What caused me to become hooked?
Probably just growing up watching it with my Dad mostly but what really hooked me was going to see a race live and sitting in the stands watching it first hand. Just like with F1, its a life style or its own culture. If you ever get the chance I highly recommend going to a race.

Aww schucks! Thanks!

Bodie is also pretty rad, but very commercialized. You have to pay to get in and they do guided tours, and whatnot. I like to just wander around the ruins and explore them for myself.

Tell him to head to Barnes & Noble. Down stairs, in between the escalators, the have a section of books about Nevada. Quite a few of them are maps to ghost towns or neat places across the state. This one in particular is one of my favorites. Then you two will have all kinds of fun things to explore when you get here :D

"Winning at All Costs: A Scandalous History of Italian Soccer" by John Foot.

http://www.amazon.com/Winning-All-Costs-Scandalous-History/dp/1568583680

The book is really long but it is very well written and goes into incredible depth about the history of Italian football. It is one of my favorite books ever. Your coach will love it

With through hiking, everyone assumes that it'll be cheap. It is relatively, but it isn't as cheap as you'd think. You'll want to have a few thousand stashed away (it varies). Getting income while on the trail might be hard.

Lighter is better. Check out /r/Ultralight to get your "base weight" down.

If you're inexperienced with the outdoors, read "The Backpacker's Field Manual" and understand what "Leave No Trace" means. Use those to learn how to take care of yourself and the outdoors.

You can find used gear online. If you don't have any right now, and are on a budget, it's often the best way to buy it.

This is the best printed resource I've found so far:

MotoGP Technology: 2nd Edition

It's a 2010 publication so you won't get the low-down on the more recent bikes. You will, however, get an in-depth view of how and why the bikes evolve. I definitely recommend it if you're interested in getting a clearer understanding of MotoGP tech from a detail oriented POV.

I have a few but this one is my favorite. It's a great resource to have on the trail.

http://www.amazon.com/Backpackers-Manual-Revised-Updated-ebook/dp/B004Y89SMU/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1

Get formal training. It has improved my coaching tremendously and I would not be able the think of any other way to achieve my current level.

Good books for a starting fencing coach are Szabo L. Fencing and the Master, Czajkowski Z. Understanding Fencing and Kogler A. One Touch at a Time.

There is plenty to do in Moab with your stock vehicle. Many beautiful, awesome backcountry roads/trails. Pickup this book: http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Backroads-4-Wheel-Drive-Trails/dp/1934838004
You can order it online, or you can find it in many places around Moab. Tourist info center, downtown bookstore, any Jeep renting place.

You can do without doubt any of the easy listed trails in the guide. And with some brains, you can do most of the moderate ones as well. Stay the hell away from the hard ones.

Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics - You need to read this book if you want to understand soccer tactics. It's a great book, but a bit dry in places. Also keep wikipedia handy you will be looking up a lot of names


How Soccer Explains The World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization Might be a bit dated now (read it about 5 years ago) but its a fun book with introduction to many clubs the world over.

This book helped me understand our history better. If you get a chance it goes pretty in depth about the leagues and there fall.

I Just Made the Tea is a good non-technical book with many great behind-the-scenes anecdotes.

Kroos gets off on saying controversial things, most Bayern fans despise him for what he said about the club after he left for Madrid. As far as I'm concerned he's a snake, and I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him. I never had a Kroos jersey, but if I had I probably would have thrown it away.

While it's true that Klinsmann had a rocky spell at Bayern (edit: a season Kroos was only around for half of, due to a loan at Leverkusen), his contribution to the DFB is pretty much unquestionably large, and was in part the focus of a recent book by journalist Raphael Honigstein, Das Reboot, which is a very interesting read, and includes several interviews and quotes from integral figures (Löw, Mertesacker, Schweinsteiger, Müller), who basically said that Germany would not have won the 2014 World Cup if it had been for Klinsmann and the groundwork he started. I think we all know that Klinsmann isn't the best at tactics, but it's frankly laughable and insulting to claim that he wasn't partially responsible for Germany winning the World Cup, even 8 years later.

I highly recommend this book. I found the author to be spot-on with his trail ratings and he includes trails that are easy enough for your Acura to handle on street tires. I think Eye Of The Whale trail inside Arches is doable for you, when I have a chance I will look it up in my copy and double check.

Pro-Knot cards - inexpensive and useful

Fisherman version

Under $5 each and free shipping with Prime

Gabrielle Coleman's book is pretty good and gives while end examples.
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Curling-Strategy-Gabrielle-Coleman-ebook/dp/B00I9BT6S4

This is the book I'm reading right now and its pretty interesting.
http://www.amazon.com/How-Soccer-Explains-World-Globalization/dp/B004F9OUY4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318354049&sr=8-1

Pick up Rafael Honigstein's Das Reboot. It's a great read!

Winning at All Costs by John Foot. Probably the best book on the history of Calcio.

You should read Das Reboot by Raphael Honigstein. It actually goes somewhat in depth into Klinsmann coaching philosophy since Klinsmann did help reform German football into the powerhouse it is today.

You are essentially correct, at least according to Honigstein, that Jurgen is not a tactics guy. He is very motivational and believes that players are ultimately responsible for his/her own performance.

Whether you believe that is what the USMNT needs is up to you.

These things were a great buy, it’s also a fold out ruler which is equally as useful as the knot guide

Fisherman's Ultimate Knot Guide https://www.amazon.com/dp/0922273030/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_f97ZCbXRDWKYG

I was considering buying this other one which is 12 knots vs 10 and intended for saltwater specifically, but it doesn’t have the ruler

Saltwater Fishing Knot Cards https://www.amazon.com/dp/0922273235/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_m-7ZCbZA8YFF9

Theres a book about North East football I forgot to put in the recommendations, it's a tad bit old (refers to you guys as a 'stable' team under Poyet), but goes into the semi-pro teams like Darlington too, might be up your alley.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Up-There-North-East-Football-Boom/dp/1909245178

There is also the fencing based "One Touch at a time" for sports psychology based on fencing. It's quite good.

"Epee 2.5" also contains some sports-psychology, tactics and strategy from a fencing perspective.

I really liked this book on the technical side of things

MotoGP Technology: 2nd Edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/1844258343/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_OcnMzb383PBW8

Dick Pound's Inside the Olympics. That was hilarious!

This is his book. Yes, the cover is real.

That's pretty much it. There's a book on cheating in NASCAR that anyone interested may want to look for.

https://www.amazon.com/Cheating-Inside-Things-Winston-Pursuit/dp/1893618226/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1520370228&sr=1-2&keywords=cheating+nascar

There is a Kindle version that's been updated if you have something against physical media.

I'd recommend reading a couple books if you really want the answers you're looking for:

Soccer in a Football World

Distant Corners: American Soccer's History of Missed Opportunities and Lost Causes

There's one that's not on your list I can recommend!

http://www.amazon.com/Cheating-Inside-Things-Winston-Pursuit/dp/1893618226

My brother got it for me for christmas a few years ago and I've read it a couple of times since. It's all about the ways NASCAR teams bend the rules. The stories from the old days are hilarious.

My favorite is about when there were limits on the size of the gas tank, but no limits on the size/length of the fuel line. One team figured this out and used a 2" diameter hose that went around the entire inside of the car three times. It let the guy go nearly twice as long before refueling.

During inspection they removed the fuel tank to measure it and after the car passed inspection, the car drove away before they put it back in!

The rule, of course, changed the next race.

Mental Prep is a very important part of trail. This book helped me prepare for my through hike

https://www.amazon.com/Appalachian-Trials-Psychological-Successfully-Thru-Hiking-ebook/dp/B0074U5L58

https://www.amazon.com/Das-Reboot-German-Reinvented-Conquered/dp/1568585306/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1510919466&sr=8-1&keywords=das+reboot

recommended reading.

The customer reviews on Amazon are especially informative

We did Lockhart Road north-to-south, which is the more-challenging way to do it. The first mile is the most difficult, and here's my video of that part. I almost had us turn around at the 8:55 point, mainly because it's my jeep and I'm a worry-wart sometimes hehe. This is what can happen if you slip-off right there. My buddy encouraged me on, and we never had an issue. If it weren't for this first mile, I'd say to check it out in the vehicle you mentioned. Going South-to-North, you could have an enjoyable time, just turn around when you start hitting any terrain that appears to be too difficult.

Our particular campsite was right where the road turns from 'difficult' to 'moderate' per Charles Wells' book. We had 2 people drive by each day we were out there. The first day was a guy in a stock CRV going south-to-north, and in the evening was an older couple in a stock grand cherokee going south-to-north. They both asked what we thought of them continuing, and we said it gets more difficult, but take a look for yourself. We didn't want to necessarily tell anybody what to do, but just give them an idea of what we experienced and to check it out themselves. Both ended up turning around.

Reminds me of Dick Pound.

That book...

Pick up a copy of this book

Nevada Trails Western Region https://www.amazon.com/dp/1930193157/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_IXgECbNE8QA92

"Introduction to Curling Strategy" by Gabrielle Coleman

Only on Amazon!

I can't say that this is a great book, but it will show you the roots of NASCAR and it goes through all the ways teams have cheated or skirted the rules in NASCAR history. It is really dumbed down so I think even a newcomer can find it interesting.