Title The Ghosts of NASCAR : the Harlan Boys and the First Daytona 500.

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Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2013.

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Description	1 online resource (238 pages)
Contents	Foreword by Rex White; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The Natural; 2. Racing among the Cornfields; 3. The Mafia Race Track; 4. Winning with a Hot Rod; 5. Odd Man Out; 6. The Racing Capital; 7. Big Shoes to Fill; 8. Lilienthal's Revenge; 9. The Lost Season; 10. The Invasion; 11. The Ghost of Playland Park; 12. IMCA; 13. The Flying Frenchman; 14. Johnny Hoseclamp; 15. The Duntov Cam; 16. Champion for the Record Books; 17. Building a Beach Car; 18. Corvettes and the Black Widow; 19. Racing in the Sand; 20. Tough Times; 21. An Indy Track for Stock Cars; 22. The First Daytona 500.
	23. The Photo Finish Quagmire24. Success at Any Cost; 25. Covering Up and Rewriting History; 26. Scoring; 27. Connecting the Dots; 28. Out of the Air; 29. The Hard Charger Wins Slow; Epilogue; Sources; Index.
Summary	Who won the first Daytona 500? Fans still debate whether it was midwestern champion Johnny Beauchamp, declared the victor at the finish line, or longtime NASCAR driver Lee Petty, declared the official winner a few days after the race. The Ghosts of NASCAR puts the controversial finish under a microscope. Author John Havick interviewed scores of people, analyzed film of the race, and pored over newspaper accounts of the event. He uses this information and his deep knowledge of the sport as it worked then to determine what probably happened. But he also tells a much bigger story.
Note	Print version record.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject	Daytona 500 (Automobile race) -- History.
	Daytona 500 (Automobile race) (OCoLC)fst01409353
	Stock car racing -- United States -- History.
	GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
	SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
	SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
	SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
	SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
	TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
	Stock car racing. (OCoLC)fst01133540
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	SPORTS & RECREATION / Motor Sports.
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Havick, John. Ghosts of NASCAR : The Harlan Boys and the First Daytona 500. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2013 9781609381974
ISBN	9781609382117 (electronic bk.)
	1609382110 (electronic bk.)

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