{"product_id":"swerve-or-die-life-at-my-speed-in-the-first-family-of-nascar-racing-paperback","title":"Swerve or Die: Life at My Speed in the First Family of NASCAR Racing - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKyle Petty\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEllis Henican\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e Southern Indie, and \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller* \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStock-car racing star, country singer, and sports broadcaster Kyle Petty shares his familial legacy, intertwined with NASCAR's founding and history, in \u003ci\u003eSwerve or Die\u003c\/i\u003e--written with Pulitzer Prize-winner Ellis Henican, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling coauthor of \u003ci\u003eIn the Blink of an Eye\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Born into racing royalty. The only son of NASCAR's winningest driver ever. The grandson of one of the sport's true pioneers. The nephew of our very first Hall of Fame engine builder. It's quite a family to represent, and through it all, I've somehow managed to keep being Kyle.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKyle Petty won his very first stock-car race, the Daytona ARCA 200, in 1979 when he was eighteen. Hailed as a third-generation professional NASCAR racer, he became an instant celebrity in circles he had been around all his young life. Despite being the grandson and son of racing champions Lee Petty and Richard Petty, Kyle didn't inherit innate talent. Working in his family's North Carolina race shop from an early age, he learned all about car mechanics and maintenance long before he got behind the wheel. And although Kyle continued the family business, driving \"Petty blue\" colored cars emblazoned with his grandfather's #42--a number once used by Marty Robbins--his career took a different route than his forebears'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSwerve or Die: Life at My Speed in the First Family of NASCAR Racing\u003c\/i\u003e, Kyle chronicles his life on and off the racetrack, presenting his insider's perspective of growing up throughout the sport's popular rise in American culture. In between driving and running Petty Enterprises for thirty years, Kyle took some detours into country music, voiced Cal Weathers in Pixar's \u003ci\u003eCars 3\u003c\/i\u003e, and started his annual motorcycle Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America. And when his nineteen-year-old son Adam, a fourth-generation racing Petty, tragically lost his life on the track, Kyle founded Victory Junction, a camp for children with chronic and serious medical conditions in Adam's name--with help from Academy Award-winning actor and motorsports enthusiast Paul Newman. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilled with NASCAR history, stories of his family's careers, and anecdotes about some of stock-car racing's most famous drivers, Kyle's memoir also tackles the sport's evolution, discussing how welcoming diverse racers, improving car and track safety features, and integrating green technology will benefit NASCAR's competitors and fans in the future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes Photographs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKYLE PETTY \u003c\/b\u003eis a former American stock-car racer and current racing commentator on NBC Sports. He is the son of racing icon Richard Petty, the grandson of NASCAR pioneer Lee Petty and the father of rising racer Adam Petty, who was killed in a crash in May 2000. Outside of the sport, he is a musician, philanthropist, motivational speaker and TV host. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eELLIS HENICAN\u003c\/b\u003e is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a popular TV pundit, and a multi-\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 8.24 x 5.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764937359648,"sku":"9781250875648","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5953a873ccba4d2c13143a773109424e.webp?v=1780258189","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/swerve-or-die-life-at-my-speed-in-the-first-family-of-nascar-racing-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}