Racing While Black: How an African-American Stock Car Team Made Its Mark on NASCAR
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (934 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1583228969 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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His dad, Leonard W. MILLER is a second-generation African-American auto racing team owner, the president of Miller Racing Group, Inc, and a twenty-one-year veteran commercial airline pilot. . For over a decade he has covered music, sports, and pop culture for Rolling Stone Press, VIBE, Complex, and ESPN Magazine. LEONARD T. Miller, entered a team in th
Leonard T. "Auto racing is in my blood," writes Miller, who graduated from Morehouse College and is a commercial airline pilot. Miller's book explains whyMiller and Simon give you a firsthand account of all the wins and losses that come with creating a racing team, along with the extreme prejudices that minorities must overcome just to make it to the track."-"The Complex""A sequel to the gr . Miller's moving memoir, "Racing While Black," that socially, the Millers were notches above the other drivers Although Miller and his father were anomalies, they loved stock
"A Great Track Record" according to Curtis Thomas. The book "RACING WHILE BLACK" is very educational. I found it to be a good read. I know more about motor racing and the historical participation of blacks in the sport thanks to Len Miller.. "Highly recommended, especially for NASCAR fans curious to learn more behind the scenes about their favorite sport" according to Midwest Book Review. Racing While Black: How an African-American Stock Car Team Made Its Mark on NASCAR is testimony of author Leonard T. Miller, owner of Miller Racing for fifteen years, who found his niche in creating opportunities for black drivers amid one of the most heavily white-dominated sports in the America. From w. Mickey Walker said NASCAR'S EXCLUSIONARY POLICIES. This book would be xlt for racing enthusiasts. It's also an expose on NASCAR and a social commentary on the state of racing.
Racing While Black chronicles the travails of selling marketing plans to skeptics and scraping by on the thinnest of budgets, as well as the triumphs of speeding to victory and changing the way racing fans view skin color. These are just a few of the lessons learned by Leonard T. Miller during his decade and a half of running an auto racing program. Starting a NASCAR team as an African American is even harder. Fueled by more than the desire to win, Miller made it his goal to create opportunities for black drivers in the vastly white, Southern world of NASCAR. With his father—former drag racer and longtime team owner Leonard W. Starting a NASCAR team is hard work. Miller—