Racing While Black How an African-American Stock Car Team Made Its Mark on NASCAR

by Miller, Leonard T.; Simon, Andrew; Zirin, Dave

• ISBN13: 9781583228968
• ISBN10: 1583228969
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-02-02
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press

Summary

The story of a pioneering African American NASCAR team fighting to open up the sport.

Author Biography

LEONARD T. MILLER is a second-generation African-American auto racing team owner, the president of Miller Racing Group, Inc, and a twenty-one-year veteran commercial airline pilot. His dad, Leonard W. Miller, entered a team in the 1972 Indianapolis 500 and is in the Black Athletes Hall of Fame.
ANDREW SIMON is a writer and editor living in Brooklyn, New York. For over a decade he has covered music, sports, and pop culture for Rolling Stone Press, VIBE, Complex, and ESPN Magazine.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Acknowledgments	p. 13
Like Father	p. 15
Finding Jackie	p. 27
Concord	p. 43
Starting Our Engine	p. 63
"Do all these places accept MasterCard?"	p. 81
Flip the Switches	p. 95
Almost Sponsored	p. 107
Chasing the Check	p. 133
"Wendell! Wendell! Wendell!"	p. 153
Shot Callers	p. 177
A White Driver?	p. 195
A New Hope	p. 225
The Beginning of the End	p. 263
Champions	p. 297
A Brief History of Black Achievements in Motorsports	p. 308
Index	p. 313
About the Authors	p. 320
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