Robert Stofel’s new book explores God and NASCAR, using well-known NASCAR terms, such as restrictor plate racing, green/white checkers, the lucky dog, the myth of green, why NASCAR drivers feel green on a racecar is bad luck, Happy Hour, and marbles on the track. This book enlightens the race fan while offering an inspirational message within the 100 topics discussed. The book contains 100 devotional chapters with Scripture on opposite page–192 pages in all. This is a quick read. Five minutes a day is all it takes to read a chapter, and it will be the best five minutes for your soul.
If you are new to NASCAR racing, then this book is where you should start. Robert illuminates everyday terminology of NASCAR in a unique way that offers the reader information about NASCAR while nourishing the soul. It’s informative and uplifting.
Table of Contents
1. Before the Green Flag Drops
2. “Start Your Engines!”
3. “Go, Go, Go!”
4. Pre-Race Festivities
5. Take Some Tape Off
6. The Rookie Stripe
7. One of Those Racing Deals
8. The Race Is Won or Lost On Pit Road
9. Checking Up
10. Spotters
11. Scuff Tires
12. The Lucky Dog
13. Restrictor-Plate Racing
14. The One Thing
15. Tearoffs
16. The Drivers’ Meeting
17. Tradin’ Paint
18. Get a Drafting Partner
19. Staying Out
20. Infield Care Centers Can Make Drivers Wise
21. Working Around Lapped Traffic
22. Minimum Speed
23. Feeling a Vibration
24. Tire Rubs
25. Go High, Go Low
26. Hitting Your Marks
27. Debris on the Track
28. Stop-And Go Penalty
29. The Halfway Point
30. On Track Blocking
31. Pass-Through Penalty
32. Air Pressure Adjustment
33. Dirty Air
34. Checking Out on the Field
35. Paint Schemes
36. The Myth of Green
37. What Happens When There’s a Rain Out?
38. The Big One
39. Road Ringers
40. Downforce
41. Fabricator
42. Interval
43. Pit Box
44. Roof Flaps
45. Racing By the Book
46. Making It Stick
47. Getting a Run
48. Wind Tunnel
49. Marbles
50. Grooves
51. Radio Flyers and War Wagons
52. Knocking the Toe-Out
53. A Round of Wedge
54. Overheating
55. Making the Chase
56. Fuel Strategy
57. Happy Hour
58. Lifting
59. Causing a Wreck
60. Beneath Richard Petty’s Hat
61. Moonshine Days
62. “I Would Like to Thank…”
63. Double-File Restarts
64. The High Banks
65. Burnout
66. Short Track Passion
67. Winning the Race off Pit Road
68. Status and Wealth
69. Pit Crew Coaches
70. Sticker Versus Scuff Tires
71. Laying Back
72. Seat Time
73. Shock Absorbers
74. Sawing on the Wheel
75. Rainbow Warriors
76. Neutral
77. Rattling His Cage
78. Backup Car
79. Blown Motor
80. The “Pass in the Grass”
81. The Darlington Stripe
82. The Bitter Taste of Defeat
83. Fresh Rubber
84. Catch-Can
85. A Bad Battery
86. “That’s Racing”
87. Attrition
88. Back on the Throttle
89. Overtake
90. Jumping the Restart
91. In-Car Camera
92. Following the Pace Car
93. Primary Sponsor
94. “We’ll Get ‘Em Again Next Week”
95. Jr. Nation
96. Green-White-Checkered
97. Awards Banquet
98. Speedy Dry
99. Racing the Track
100. Victory Circle
