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The Life and Fast Times of Curtis Turner
By Robert, Edelstein
- ISBN
- 978-1-58567-438-1
- Publisher
- Overlook Hardcover
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Reviewed on January 15, 2005
In the pantheon of stock car-racing greats, the name Curtis Turner is met with vague nods of familiarity among NASCAR fans but not the sort of clenched fists and knowing grins that accompany mentions of Richard Petty or Dale Earnhardt. As Edelstein (NASCAR Generations ) reveals in this biography, Turner was a hard-charging driver and a hard-living man. In 1961, however, he ran afoul of the powers-that-be in a still-growing but r...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
