A Girl's Guide to NASCAR

Cars and I don’t mix, so I’ve never become a fan of NASCAR. In fact, I don’t even have a driver’s license.

I look at the sport with a mixture of awe and puzzlement. While I admire the drivers’ abilities to maneuver a car at top speeds, I have a hard time seeing racing as an athletic sport.

In any case, whether you follow NASCAR religiously or are simply curious about it, here’s a book that might interest you. “A Girl’s Guide to NASCAR,” written by Liz Allison, provides tidbits of information about the sport. The book covers topics such as the race car and safety issues, a history of the sports top families and listings for hotels, restaurants, shopping malls and hospitals near NASCAR tracks.

Allison was married to driver Davey Allison from 1989 to 1993 when he was killed in a helicopter crash. She now covers the sport for different racing publications and hosts a weekly radio show in Nashville. This is Allison’s fourth book about racing.