"Gotta Race" Out This Week
Ken Schrader's much anticipated autobiography will be available starting this weekend at Paducah (Kentucky) International Raceway and I-55 Raceway, Pevely, Missouri and the author/driver will be on hand at both tracks to autograph copies for the fans.
Schrader is continuing his "race anywhere, anytime" tradition, filling a rare NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series weekend off with short track racing at Paducah on Friday, I-55 on Saturday and Monett, Missouri on Sunday.
Ken Schrader who is a four-time NEXTEL Cup winner and three-time pole sitter at the Daytona 500, currently drives the #21 Little Debbie/U.S. Air Force/Motorcraft Ford Fusion owned by Wood Brothers Racing on NASCAR's premier circuit. Schrader is also America's acknowledged Prince of the Short Tracks race anywhere, anytime on dirt or asphalt, in Nextel Cup, sprint car, midget or dirt late model.
GOTTA RACE! recounts 35 years of racing adventures, told in Schrader's own distinctive voice to Joyce Standridge, a nationally known racing columnist. The book covers all of Schrader's career from his beginnings in the 1970s at tiny St. Louis-area bullrings, to wild open-wheel rides around the country, to the glamour of Indianapolis and Daytona.
The author also shares an intimate look at family life, his views on racing today, and thoughts on how to get started in racing. A successful entrepreneur who now owns tracks in Missouri and Kentucky, Schrader talks about the business side of racing and his plans for the future, once he hangs up his Nextel Cup helmet.
GOTTA RACE! also provides insight into Schrader's many racing relationships. One chapter is devoted to his friendships with luminaries like Dale Earnhardt, Sr. and Jr., Richard Petty, Tony Stewart, Cale Yarborough, and many others.
If you have ever watched his television show, heard him interviewed or been given the opportunity to meet him in person you will want to read his book. Ken's lust for life and wittiness are revealed on every page, but there is also a deep and honest caring vividly portrayed throughout that captures the reader from page one.
The book is packed with 350 photographs, both dramatic and touching, that serve as a personal history of the past 35 years of the sport. It also includes 59 pages of Schrader's race records, detailing his races from 1971 2005, listing date, track, type of car, car owner, race winner, Schrader's finish, and comments about the race.
Ken will be signing copies of the book on Friday, April 14 at P.I.R. from 4:30 to 6:30 pm, and Saturday, April 15 at I-55 Raceway from 5:00 to 6:30 pm and after the races at both tracks.
GOTTA RACE! is available at $23.95 plus $6.00 shipping and handling. To order, call Coastal 181 toll free at 877-907-8181 or online at (www.coastal181.com)
Ken Schrader's much anticipated autobiography will be available starting this weekend at Paducah (Kentucky) International Raceway and I-55 Raceway, Pevely, Missouri and the author/driver will be on hand at both tracks to autograph copies for the fans.
Schrader is continuing his "race anywhere, anytime" tradition, filling a rare NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series weekend off with short track racing at Paducah on Friday, I-55 on Saturday and Monett, Missouri on Sunday.
Ken Schrader who is a four-time NEXTEL Cup winner and three-time pole sitter at the Daytona 500, currently drives the #21 Little Debbie/U.S. Air Force/Motorcraft Ford Fusion owned by Wood Brothers Racing on NASCAR's premier circuit. Schrader is also America's acknowledged Prince of the Short Tracks race anywhere, anytime on dirt or asphalt, in Nextel Cup, sprint car, midget or dirt late model.
GOTTA RACE! recounts 35 years of racing adventures, told in Schrader's own distinctive voice to Joyce Standridge, a nationally known racing columnist. The book covers all of Schrader's career from his beginnings in the 1970s at tiny St. Louis-area bullrings, to wild open-wheel rides around the country, to the glamour of Indianapolis and Daytona.
The author also shares an intimate look at family life, his views on racing today, and thoughts on how to get started in racing. A successful entrepreneur who now owns tracks in Missouri and Kentucky, Schrader talks about the business side of racing and his plans for the future, once he hangs up his Nextel Cup helmet.
GOTTA RACE! also provides insight into Schrader's many racing relationships. One chapter is devoted to his friendships with luminaries like Dale Earnhardt, Sr. and Jr., Richard Petty, Tony Stewart, Cale Yarborough, and many others.
If you have ever watched his television show, heard him interviewed or been given the opportunity to meet him in person you will want to read his book. Ken's lust for life and wittiness are revealed on every page, but there is also a deep and honest caring vividly portrayed throughout that captures the reader from page one.
The book is packed with 350 photographs, both dramatic and touching, that serve as a personal history of the past 35 years of the sport. It also includes 59 pages of Schrader's race records, detailing his races from 1971 2005, listing date, track, type of car, car owner, race winner, Schrader's finish, and comments about the race.
Ken will be signing copies of the book on Friday, April 14 at P.I.R. from 4:30 to 6:30 pm, and Saturday, April 15 at I-55 Raceway from 5:00 to 6:30 pm and after the races at both tracks.
GOTTA RACE! is available at $23.95 plus $6.00 shipping and handling. To order, call Coastal 181 toll free at 877-907-8181 or online at (www.coastal181.com)
