Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
1. Looking Ahead, Looking Within: An Introduction
2. The Show Goes On: NASCAR, Control,
and the Winston Cup Series
3. A Fight to the Finish: NASCAR Versus Organized Labor
4. A High-Banked Leaming Curve: Acculturation
and Stock Car Racing
Photos
5. Changing Identities in American Culture:
Sponsorship and Drivers' Roles in NASCAR's
Winston Cup Series
Photos
6. Made in America: Ritual, Folklore,
and Cultural Mythology of the NASCAR
Winston Cup Series
Photos
7. Seeing is Believing: A Personal Ethnography
of NASCAR's Winston Cup Series
and Stock Car Racing in America
8. Is Bigger Always Better? The Future of the NASCAR
Winston Cup Series
A: 1997 Winston Cup Schedule
B: Winston Cup Tracks and Locations
C: 1997 Winston Cup Team Listing
D: NASCAR Winston Cup Champions, 1949-1996
E: Manufacturers' Champions, 1949-1996
F: Outstanding NASCAR Winston Cup Career Victories
G: NASCAR Winston Cup Series' Most Popular Drivers
H: NASCAR Rookies of the Year, 1996-1958
I: How Points Are Distributed in the Winston Cup Series
J: NASCAR Winston Cup Series Race Shops
K: Fifty Current NASCAR-Related Web Sites
L: Restaurants with Racing Themes
M: Stock Car Driving Schools
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index