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Sundays Will Never Be The Same
Darrell Waltrip
Racing, Tragedy, and Redemption--My Life in America's Fastest Sport
Simon and Schuster
February 2012
On Sale: February 7, 2012
258 pages
ISBN: 1451644892
EAN: 9781451644890
Kindle: B005FLOGAO
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Non-Fiction Memoir
THREE-TIME NASCAR CHAMPION DARRELL WALTRIP knew that big
changes were in the wind on the morning of February 18,
2001. For the first time in his long and storied career,
Darrell would be watching the race from the broadcast booth
high above the track, explaining its complexities to a
television audience of millions. His younger brother Michael
Waltrip would be among the starting drivers. Michael, who
had competed in 462 NASCAR races without a win, would be
piloting one of two cars owned by legendary driver Dale
Earnhardt. Earnhardt would be racing too, as would Dale
Earnhardt Jr., the reigning Rookie of the Year. Sundays Will Never Be the Same opens with a
heart-stopping account of that dramatic race. By the time
the sun set on that day, Michael Waltrip would have captured
his first checkered flag in NASCAR's biggest race, Dale
Earnhardt Jr. would have placed second, and Dale Earnhardt,
the sport's brightest star, would have passed into eternity. The sudden death of Dale Earnhardt on the final lap of the
2001 Daytona 500 was a traumatic loss for the entire NASCAR
family, and few were affected more deeply than Darrell
Waltrip. During the course of their tumultuous thirty-year
association, Dale and Darrell had been friends, then
“frenemies,” and finally friends again. Darrell regales the
reader with his earliest memories of the fiercely
competitive kid from Kannapolis, and he describes the highs
and lows of their relationship through the twin arcs of
their overlapping careers. Along the way, Waltrip provides a fascinating history of
racing in Daytona and offers glimpses of some of the sport's
most colorful characters, including Bill France, Junior
Johnson, Cale Yarborough, Bobby Allison, and Richard Petty.
He weaves the story of his own unlikely journey from the
small-town ovals and rural roads of Kentucky (where his
talents were largely devoted to running from the cops) to
the grandest tracks and richest purses in motor racing. With
his customary candor, Darrell gives us an insider's view of
some of NASCAR's greatest battles and most memorable
moments. This is an epic that only a storyteller with
Waltrip's access and experience could write. Sundays Will Never Be the Same reaches its crescendo
with a heart-wrenching insider account of that pivotal
weekend in Daytona, including a poignant pre-race interview
in which Dale rhapsodized about his family and his plans for
the future. After the wreck, Waltrip takes us along on his
frantic ride to the trauma center and into the waiting room,
where Dale's family and friends struggle to accept the
unthinkable. Darrell recounts the weeks that followed: the shock and
disbelief, the outpouring of grief from around the world,
and the top-to-bottom safety changes NASCAR eventually made
in what would become the most enduring tribute to Dale
Earnhardt and his legacy.
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