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Sunday Money: Speed! Lust! Madness! Death! A Hot Lap Around America with Nascar Paperback – Illustrated, April 25, 2006

by Jeff MacGregor (Author)
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 73 ratings
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NASCAR racing, once considered no more than a regional circuit of moonshiners pounding around low-country dirt tracks in a cloud of red dust and cliché, has somehow become America's fastest-growing spectator sport. With 75 million ardent fans, it is a sports entertainment empire built at the very crossroads of pop culture, corporate commerce, and American mythology -- a platinum-plated, V-8 hero machine.

Smart, funny, and profane, Sunday Money is the kaleidoscopic account of a season on the NASCAR circuit. Driving 48,000 miles in a tiny motor home, Jeff MacGregor and his wife tracked the lives of superstar drivers like Junior Earnhardt and Tony Stewart, their crews, and their fans across the grinding reach of a 40-week season.

More than just a behind-the-scenes chronicle of America's loudest pastime, Sunday Money is the story of a hundred stories, of red states and blue, of splendid Rebels and Yankee hotshoes. It is a brilliant snapshot of American culture -- of race, religion, class, sex, money, and fame -- taken from the window of a moving car.

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    April 25, 2006
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    0060094729
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Jeff MacGregor, a special contributor for Sports Illustrated, has written for the New York Times, The New Yorker, and Esquire. He is a six-time National Magazine Award nominee and a multiple Pushcart Prize and O. Henry Prize nominee, and his work has been anthologized in The Best American Sports Writing.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (April 25, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0060094729
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0060094720
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.31 x 0.95 x 8 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Mary Lou Santin
5.0 out of 5 stars book in good shape
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2024
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gcon
5.0 out of 5 stars great book, not just for NASCAR fans
Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2005
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Boogity boogity boogity, let's go reading!

So a guy who isn't really a hardore NASCAR fan at all ups and buys a motorhome and he and his wife (who sounds like the coolest chick on the planet) follow the NASCAR circuit like hippies following the greatful dead.

the book is a travel narrative based around stockcar racing, with the history of the sport and organization, anecdotes, interviews, and a regular guy's view of the culture. the less you know about NASCAR, the better, you will learn all about it. as long as you don't absolutely despise the sport, you will probably enjoy the hell out of this book.

the author is quite unbiased. he doesn't just praise NASCAR, he tells the good and the bad, and gives some insight into the whole shebang that touches on things i never even thought about, like how, weather you like it or not, if you buy anything at your supermarket, you are linked to NASCAR.

the book is well written, funny, poetic at times, and i honestly felt like i was living in his motorhome with him and travelling right there with him. the only people i might not reccommend this book to are the hardcore fans, who already know just about everything this guy talks about, but then again, they might enjoy this guy's opinion and experiences, so yeah, i would reccommend it to everyone i talk to. yeehaw!
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R. Unger
4.0 out of 5 stars pretty good travelogue
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2010
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I bought and read this book several years after it was written, and well after the NASCAR season which it followed, so some of the discussion about drivers, sponsors, rules, etc. were out of date. For instance, it was before the season-ending Chase. Additionally, I am a casual NASCAR follower; I follow other forms of motor-racing more closely (F1, etc.).
The book was an entertaining read, but not exceptional. The author seems to have a bit of an underlying axe to grind against NASCAR for some of their rules, decisions, and governing. Also, I would have liked to read a little more about the characters and people following NASCAR, more than what is in the book; I would have preferred to read a little less about the drivers.
Several years ago I read a similar travelogue-type book, Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer, written by someone who followed the Alabama football team through an SEC season, also travelling around in a motorhome. I found that to be much more entertaining, and perhaps I expected this to be as good. It was good, but not as good.
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Mike Blaszczak
1.0 out of 5 stars Uninsightful and tedious
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2007
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I like (and participate in) road racing, and think that NASCAR is the pro wrestling of the motor sports world.

I'm vastly disappointed in this book. Reading it is something like watching a movie based on your favorite Saturday Night Live skit. What's funny and workable in a four- or six-minute skit just doesn't scale well to a ninety-minute movie. MacGregor's writing style is choppy, abbreviated, and awkward. While his talent might be in writing pieces of a few thousand words for a magazine, he just can't put it together for a full-length book.

MacGregor tours the country in a motorhome with his wife to see a whole season of NASCAR races. He calls his wife "The Beep", but never explains why. While retracts the opinion late in the book, early on he says that driving fast is easy -- something that certainly kills his credibility and demonstrates his lack of insight into the subject of his tour. His dismissive treatment of the sport, its participants, and its fans permeates the book, and is very tedious and disappointing.

Failing to understand the talent and stamina required to drive a race car at a professional, competitive level is not the only point where MacGregor's insight is lacking. The book includes no interviews between MacGregor and any fan, NASCAR official, or driver. The point of traveling is to see new places and meet new people. Particularly for a travelogue, as it brings the flavor of the events Jeff witnessed to the reader using a different point of view. The reader sees only Jeff's reactions to the events at that track, and learns nothing of his understanding of the fan base, or the experience that is a NASCAR race weekend.

Because of the lack of any investigation, the controversies and traditions that are NASCAR are lost on Jeff. And, by extension, his readers.

The last two or three chapters of the book have little to with racing at all. They're just a cathartic rambling of Jeff's on opinions on subjects related to The United States and what he believes most NASCAR fans hold as core values.

The book is a tedious read, and doesn't better the reader for the effort.
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Heather A. Teysko
5.0 out of 5 stars 1 part road trip travelogue + 1 part Nascar history = fantastic read!
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2006
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I've been into Nascar for a year or so, and my future husband and I had our first big weekend date at the second Fontana race last year, so I'm partial to those fast cars and the culture that goes along with them. This book was great because it delicately weaved a wonderful history of the sport in with a year long road trip across America. It gets wonderfully intellectual and philosophical - all sorts of topics are explored within the context of Nascar - religion, WalMart, the suburbanization of America, etc. The writing is delicious - this is a book to be savored.
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Sharon Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars This is one great book!
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2012
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This book is funny, insightful, informative, and........ oh yeah....... did I mention funny? Jeff McGregor has his hands on the wheel and his humor on the throttle in this energy-packed book on everything NASCAR. The minute I received it I tore through the pages with the same velocity as Tony Stewart's car flying around the fourth turn on the final lap. Jeff McGregor takes the checkered flag on this one!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Read for NASCAR Fans and Non-Fans Alike
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2013
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Although "Sunday Money" was written in 2002, the insights and observations of Jeff MacGregor still ring true today. Admittedly, he was more of a hockey fan when he wrote the book, but even a die-hard NASCAR fan like myself can say he nailed it. If you want to know what drives the sport, how it feels to witness a race, even how it feels to drive one of the cars... this book is for you. Well done, Mr. MacGregor. You created a classic.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 2, 2016
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shows a different view of motorsport
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