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Date Posted: 12:48:18 01/17/04 Sat
Author: Mt. Healthy Mountaineer
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ANHOW Review of Books: "Speedweeks: 10 Days at Daytona."

Genre: Non-fiction Coffee table book
Published: 2000 by HarperColiins

So, this is yet another coffee table book. See, what it is is that I have a friend who knows I am a NASCAR fan so he didn't know what else to get me for Christmas so he got me 3 NASCAR books. One of them was this one and I was fairly disappointed, mostly due to the fact that the title does not accurately describe the book.

See, Daytona Speedweeks is a racing happening. There are a dozen motorsports events, culminating in the Daytona 500. There's a European-style 24 hour race, a motocross event and literally a half-dozen NASCAR races. Here's a link to this year's schedule in case you're interested: Speedweeks link (click on events).

This book, however, focuses primarily on the Daytona 500 (90%) and barely mentions the other non-NASCAR events. In fact, some events it doesn't mention at all. I have no problem with the NASCAR focus, just give the book a different title. This, truly, is a book that you cannot judge by its title.

I give this book a "D". The title thing annoyed me but there was nothing here about the history of the speedway or anything.

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