Swerve or Die
Life at My Speed in the First Family of NASCAR Racing
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Kyle Petty
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Written by:
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Kyle Petty
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Ellis Henican
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This program is read by Kyle Petty and Includes his performance of his original song, "Under the Big Top."
Stock-car racing star, country singer, and sports broadcaster Kyle Petty shares his familial legacy, intertwined with NASCAR’s founding and history, in Swerve or Die—written with Pulitzer Prize-winner Ellis Henican, the New York Times bestselling coauthor of In the Blink of an Eye.
“Born into racing royalty. The only son of NASCAR’s winningest driver ever. The grandson of one of the sport’s true pioneers. The nephew of our very first Hall of Fame engine builder. It’s quite a family to represent, and through it all, I’ve somehow managed to keep being Kyle.”
Kyle Petty won his very first stock-car race, the Daytona ARCA 200, in 1979 when he was eighteen. Hailed as a third-generation professional NASCAR racer, he became an instant celebrity in circles he had been around all his young life. Despite being the grandson and son of racing champions Lee Petty and Richard Petty, Kyle didn’t inherit innate talent. Working in his family’s North Carolina race shop from an early age, he learned all about car mechanics and maintenance long before he got behind the wheel. And although Kyle continued the family business, driving “Petty blue” colored cars emblazoned with his grandfather’s #42—a number once used by Marty Robbins—his career took a different route than his forebears’.
In Swerve or Die: Life at My Speed in the First Family of NASCAR Racing, Kyle chronicles his life on and off the racetrack, presenting his insider’s perspective of growing up throughout the sport’s popular rise in American culture. In between driving and running Petty Enterprises for thirty years, Kyle took some detours into country music, voiced Cal Weathers in Pixar’s Cars 3, and started his annual motorcycle Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America. And when his nineteen-year-old son Adam, a fourth-generation racing Petty, tragically lost his life on the track, Kyle founded Victory Junction, a camp for children with chronic and serious medical conditions in Adam’s name—with help from Academy Award-winning actor and motorsports enthusiast Paul Newman.
Filled with NASCAR history, stories of his family’s careers, and anecdotes about some of stock-car racing’s most famous drivers, Kyle’s memoir also tackles the sport’s evolution, discussing how welcoming diverse racers, improving car and track safety features, and integrating green technology will benefit NASCAR’s competitors and fans in the future.
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press.
©2022 Kyle Petty and Ellis Henican (P)2022 Macmillan AudioWhat listeners say about Swerve or Die
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- Roland Leveille
- 2022-09-13
Really Enjoyable!
Being a Nascar fan and knowing just about all the big names in the sport from the past to present thos book brought back many memories and enjoyment. Always liked Kyle and the way he presents himself. He's his own man. His story is worth hearing.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2023-08-24
For every Nascar fan
I was not a fan of Kyle Petty before, I am a huge fan now. Such an incredible story. Not only in his own life but in how he recounts Nascar history. Highly recommend this book.
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