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ISBN: 0786891394
Title: In the Blink of an Eye Pdf Dale, Daytona, and the Day that Changed Everything

Michael Waltrip is a two-time Daytona 500 Champion and one of eight drivers to win more than one Daytona 500. He is an iron horse racer one of three to make a least 1,000 career NASCAR starts. Waltrip was an original member of "This Week in NASCAR," and writes a monthly column for NASCAR Illustrated.

There was one lap to go in the 2001 Daytona 500, NASCAR's most celebrated event. Michael Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt Jr. were running one-two. Junior's legendary dad, the driver race fans called "The Intimidator," was close behind in third, blocking anyone who might try to pass. Waltrip couldn't stop thinking about all the times he'd struggled to stay ahead--and the 462 NASCAR Cup races he'd lost without a single win. He'd been a race-car driver all his adult life, following in the footsteps of his brother Darrell, a three-time NASCAR champion. And his losing streak was getting more painful every race.

But this day, he knew, could be different. He was driving for Dale Earnhardt now, racing as a team with his close friend and mentor. Yet as his car roared toward the finish line, ending that losing streak once and for all, Waltrip had no clue that the greatest triumph of his life could get mired in terrible tragedy.

This is the story of that fateful afternoon in Daytona, a day whose echoes are still heard today. But the story begins years earlier in a small town in Kentucky, with a boy who dreamed of racing cars, a boy who was determined to go from go-karts to the highest levels of NASCAR. For the first time ever, Michael Waltrip tells the full, revealing story of how he got to Daytona, what happened there, and the huge impact it had on so many in the racing world. He reveals for the first time how his own life changed as he dealt with guilt, faced his grief, and searched for the fortitude to climb into a race car again. It's an inspiring and powerful story, told with Michael's trademark humor, honesty, and irreverence. It's a story of family, fulfillment, and redemption--and well-earned victory in the end.

I like Michael Waltrip so I decided to buy his book There was a channel called SPEEDchannel, and then renamed SPEED, which had Michael Waltrip on a few shows that talk about (and show stuff) about NASCAR races. So I really was into Michael Waltrip as a spokesperson. This book talks about NASCAR at the time when Dale Earnhart died at the very end of the first (and biggest) race of the year (Daytona 500), and how this affected Michael, Dale Jr., and everyone who works on or drives or owns a NASCAR stock car. Quite well written, but a very sad book. SPEED is now Fox Sports Net 1 so there is no channel that covers behind the scenes at NASCAR anymore. :-(Compelling book I am a "Mikey" fan. The very first nascar race that I watched, ever, was "that one day that changed nascar", which is Daytona, 2001. Mikey won the race, Daryl Waltrip was in the broadcast booth and ecstatic over his brother winning the race and yet very worried about Dale Earnhardt's crash. Being new to the sport, I did not know anything about race crash protocol and how that was a bad sign that the driver did not put the safety net down after the crash. I barely knew who this legend in the sport was. However, that one race hooked me on the sport and Mikey became my favorite driver. I have watched him progress from a driver who has only won 4 out of what, over 600 starts?, to now a successful NASCAR team owner with 2 cars in the Chase in 2012. I was glad he wrote this book. It is a good read about the world of Nascar.Racing is hard I’ve been a fan of MW from way back when. I enjoyed reading the book and learning about his experiences coming up thru the ranks on his own. I admit I was surprised at how little help (none) his brother DW gave him. I was watching the 500 when Sr crashed and died, we knew about the media coverage. It was heartbreaking reading about it from Michael’s point of view and the demons that still chase him today.

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