WHEELS : A Season on Nascar's Winston Cup Circuit

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	WHEELS : A Season on Nascar's Winston Cup Circuit
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Paul Hemphill begins his exploration of the high-octane world of high-stakes stock car racing with an image of ominous clouds, and those clouds never fully lift, at least metaphorically. This is a sport going through serious growing pains. The more it's marketed and sold down the fast track of deep-pocketed sponsors, corporate logos, and media extravaganzas, the more it distances itself from its roots--think Southern lawmen chasing moonshiners--and the pure joys of competition. Corporate overload aside, Hemphill captures the excitement, the noise, and the thrill of racing almost viscerally. He's especially fascinating on stock car history, and his portraits of the drivers and their rivalries never idle.