Motor Sports

 
     

General References

  Golenbock, Peter and Greg Fielden.
Stock Car Racing Encyclopedia.
  New York, NY: Macmillan, 1997.
  Location: Social Science Reference Center (SSRC)
  Call Number: GV1029.9.S74 S764 1997
 
  Officially Licensed NASCAR Record and Fact Book.
Officially Licensed NASCAR Record and Fact Book.
  St. Louis, MO.: Sporting News Books, 2004. 
  Location: Social Science Reference Center (SSRC)  
  Call Number: GV1029.9.S74 O39 
 

More References

Periodicals

Journal of Formula One Motorsport

Formula 1 Database

NASCAR

Research Guide for Stock Car Racing (courtesy of Appalachian State University)

Statistics

NASCAR Statistics

Ovaltrack.com Track as well as driver statistics. Includes wins by age, power rankings, etc.

General Statistical References

Biographies

  Porter, David L.
  Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Outdoor Sports.
  New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.
  Location: General/Humanities Reference Collection, Trustees Reading Room (DR)
  Call Number: GV697.A1 B49 1988
 

Containing over 500 biographies, this dictionary focuses on America's most notable amateur or professional auto racers, golfers, horse racers, lacrosse players, skiers, soccer players, etc. Most of those profiled are deceased or retired.

  White, Ben.
 

NASCAR Racers: Today's Top Drivers

  St. Paul, Minn.: Crestline, 2002.
  Location: Firestone Library
  Call Number: GV1032.A1 W45 2002q
 

Photography by Nigel Kinrade. Statistical tables by John Regruth.

More Biographical Resources

For individual biographies, search the Main Catalog using the Subject Headings: Automobile racing drivers--United States--Biography or Automobile racing drivers--Biography or Stock car drivers--United States--Biography.