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Tim Richmond: The Fast Life and Remarkable Times of NASCAR's Top Gun | 
 enlarge | Author: David Poole
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 250444
Format: Illustrated
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 200
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 1
ISBN: 158261833X
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9781582618333
ASIN: 158261833X
Publication Date: January 24, 2005
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Product Description
Tim Richmond was, fellow NASCAR driver Kyle Petty said, "a stranger in time." In one regard, the flashy, flamboyant driver from Ashland, Ohio, was years ahead of the trends in a sport that would soon enjoy explosive growth in popularity. Women who were NASCAR fans loved him - and so did their husbands and boyfriends. Richmond believed he could use his stardom in racing as a springboard to a second career as an actor, and he had the Hollywood good looks to make that a realistic dream. At the same time, Richmond was also a throwback. He pushed his race cars hard, too hard at times, driving every lap like he was hauling moonshine through the mountains of the Carolinas with a revenuer on his rear bumper. Those who saw him drive still compare him to veterans like Curtis Turner and Joe Weatherly, who ran as hard off the track as they did off of it.
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Another sad tragic NASCAR story August 13, 2008
Russell E. Gundlach
Another sad tragic NASCAR story about a driver with great potential who had his life cut short before achieving the long-term success meant for him. A good summary of Tim Richmond's life on and off the track but the book does not go into great detail. Definitely a worthwhile read.
Informative unknown facts on Tim Richmond February 10, 2008
G. Cook (Springfield, Oregon USA)
I bought this book for my son, the racing fanatic.He loved it and said that he learned some "unknown facts" on Tim Richmond who was a racer way before my son's time.Being well informed on all forms and decades of racing
is what I was after by wanting this book for him. He was pleased with the book.
 just like the main character: incomplete August 4, 2006
J. Fisher (Jacksonville, FL)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
In viewing various articles online about Tim Richmond, it is not hard to become a fan of the driver and probably off track as well. Yes he had some vices, but look at the times he lived in. Most people then got off lucky in terms of STD's and effects. Seeing old races with him in it make one appreciate his talent. The book did seem to have some poor research, such as Bill Elliott winning the Daytona 500 during the Sudafed fiasco. Bobby Allison won it that year. The fact that Daytona 500 is the biggest race and the writer is a prominent NASCAR scribe is very poor editing. It almost seems as if Poole wrote the book with a "I better tread lightly or else I risk being blackballed by NASCAR" mindset. There could have been more detail in regards to most parts of the book and seeing as how he has had a lasting effect on so many people in a short amount of time, could easily have filled 100 or more pages.
Most of the interviews are with his half sister and some NASCAR personnel who have the same tread cautiously mindset in their commentaries. His half-sister seems to glaze over the shortcomings of Tim and a book like this deserves to have the whole story told, not just the rollicking good times. I would have liked to see more commentary from people such as Richard Petty, DW, and David Pearson in regards to their reasons for his dislike of Tim Richmond just as to see more from Barry Dodson, Todd Parrott, and Rick Hendrick as well as reporters of the day such as Dave DeSpain, Ken Squier, etc.
If Richmond had not contracted AIDS, he would arguably be in the pantheon of drivers such as Petty, Earnhardt, and Foyt. Jeff Gordon would probably have stuck with Bill Davis Racing, and Earnhardt would have only won 4 championships, and NASCAR's safety initiatives would have been expedited. Or Richmond would have just gotten out of NASCAR and acted professionally. Unfortunately we will never know.
 Tim Richmond: The Fast Life and Remarkable Times of NASCAR's Top Gun July 13, 2006
James J. Henshaw (Bangor, PA USA)
I have been a Tim Richmond fan since I met him at Pocono in 1983. This book brings back memories and tells all who don't know what the NASCAR community has missed since Tim's passing.
A truly shining star snuffed out way before his time.
Life of Tim Richmond October 2, 2005
Shirley Hildreth
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I Think Tim Richmond was one of the greatest race car drivers of all time. The book pretty much followed his life as I remember. He was not treated well in racing because of his attitude and seeing him walking thru the endfield of Datona, when he was turned away for having drugs in his system,broke my heart and his spirits, over the counter drugs but they would not let him race. It was one of the best books I have read in a long time, that pretty much followed his life. I recommend this book for anyone.
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