A breathtaking look at the world of semi-professional dirt track racing: from the downtrodden bombers and high-end stock cars to the fans, drivers and mechanics’ lives on and off the track. Mendel has travelled to the Deep South, Arizona and New Mexico - hotbeds of stock car racing - to capture the raw power and gritty determination of life on the short track. This book puts readers in the passenger’s seat for an up-close ride through the world of one of the most dangerous, grease-splattered, high-octane pastime.