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Mike Hembree is an author who has written about auto racing for 50 years and has authored 14 books, including 7 racing titles. Today we’ll be focusing on his latest book titled 50 First Victories: NASCAR Drivers’ Breakthrough Wins, a book he co-authored with Al Pearce, published by Octane Press. Mike works for NBC Sports has also worked for USA Today, Autoweek, The Greenville News, The Columbia State, the SPEED Channnel and other publications and websites. His newspaper career also included coverage of the NFL, the NBA, Major League Baseball, The Olympics, and professional golf. He is a seven-time winner of the National Motorsports Press Association Writer of the Year award and has won the American Motorsports Media Award of Excellence.
SHOW SPONSORS
Covercraft • American Collectors Insurance • Autogeek • Linkage Magazine • Techforce Foundation • RPM Foundation • BumBee Seat
INSPIRATION
Learning about Mario Andretti’s NASCar racing and how he won there.
CHALLENGE
Figuring out who to leave out of the book due to a limitation on word count.
SPECIAL VEHICLE
1965 Mustang
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
50 First Victories by Al Pearce and Mike Hembree*
NASCAR: Definitive History of America’s Sport by Mike Hembree*
100 Things NASCAR Fans Should Know or Do Before They Die by Mike Hembree*
PARTING WORDS OF INSPIRATION
Take the first step to do what you want to do.
If you want to be a writer, read as much as you can read.
SHARE THE INSPIRATION
If you enjoyed this show, please go to Apple Podcast and leave me a five-star review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and help others to be inspired by Cars Yeah. * indicates a past Cars Yeah guest.