Overview
*A Wall Street Journal, Southern Indie, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller*
Stock-car racing star, country singer, and sports broadcaster Kyle Petty shares his familial legacy, intertwined with NASCARās founding and history, in Swerve or Dieāwritten with Pulitzer Prize-winner Ellis Henican, the New York Times bestselling coauthor of In the Blink of an Eye.
āBorn into racing royalty. The only son of NASCARās winningest driver ever. The grandson of one of the sportās true pioneers. The nephew of our very first Hall of Fame engine builder. Itās quite a family to represent, and through it all, Iāve somehow managed to keep being Kyle.ā
Kyle 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 didnāt inherit innate talent. Working in his familyās 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 āPetty blueā colored cars emblazoned with his grandfatherās #42āa number once used by Marty Robbinsāhis career took a different route than his forebearsā.
In Swerve or Die: Life at My Speed in the First Family of NASCAR Racing, Kyle chronicles his life on and off the racetrack, presenting his insiderās perspective of growing up throughout the sportās 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 Pixarās Cars 3, 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 Adamās nameāwith help from Academy Award-winning actor and motorsports enthusiast Paul Newman.
Filled with NASCAR history, stories of his familyās careers, and anecdotes about some of stock-car racingās most famous drivers, Kyleās memoir also tackles the sportās evolution, discussing how welcoming diverse racers, improving car and track safety features, and integrating green technology will benefit NASCARās competitors and fans in the future.
Includes Photographs
This book title, Swerve or Die (Life at My Speed in the First Family of NASCAR Racing) - 9781250875648, ISBN: 9781250875648, by Kyle Petty, Ellis Henican, published by St. Martin's Publishing Group (September 5, 2023) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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