Each February signals the start of a new NASCAR racing season and a renewed hope that a particular driver will win big. Fans spend hours at the track or in front of the TV cheering on their favorites as they race at break neck speeds toward the checkered flag. This year, America’s fastest-moving spectator sport races to a new medium in Nuts for Racing: A StockcarToons® Book (Andrews McMeel Publishing, $9.99).
Creator Mike Smith illustrates the ins and outs of NASCAR through detailed depictions of driver relations, the ferocity of fan loyalty, and the tricky world of corporate sponsorship. Each panel addresses a different aspect of NASCAR life, especially the fans and drivers, poking fun at the everyday activities of each, both on race day and during the off-season.
If you jump for joy each time the cars make it around the track, then Nuts for Racing will leave you as breathless as a photo finish at the Indy 500. This is one race car event that can never be rained out, so as you wait for the next race to begin, you can increase your knowledge of the racing world and find out how your fellow fans cope throughout the long off-season in this humorous StockcarToons collection.
Mike Smith is the author of three StockcarToons comic books in which he expresses his enthusiasm for NASCAR. He earned a humanities degree from Loyola Marymount University and has been on the staff of the Las Vegas Sun as an editorial cartoonist since 1983.
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Author: Mike Smith ISBN: 978-0-7407-7102-6
Format: Paperback: 7 x 5, 96 pages Price: $9.99 ($10.99 Canada)