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October 25, 2024

Writer's picture: Kimberly ScottKimberly Scott

Hey everyone! Welcome to this week's bookish blog post. One of my husband's and my favorite times of the year in Martinsville-Henry County is when the Martinsville Speedway race rolls around! We especially look forward to the fall race since it falls close to our wedding anniversary. To celebrate our 14th anniversary, we're excited to give away two tickets to the race on Sunday, November 3, 2024!


To enter, comment below which NASCAR driver's book you've read or are planning to read. We'll pick one lucky commenter to win both tickets on October 30, 2024. You'll need to be able to meet us in Martinsville-Henry County by November 2, 2024, to pick up the tickets. Please note that the tickets have no cash value, are not handicap accessible, and doesn't come with parking passes.


We can't wait to hear your recommendations! Good luck! 🎉🏁


Here are two of my favorites:

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. Includes Photographs

Get your Kyle Petty autographed book today!



It's Christmastime and Buster's going to be in the big parade! NASCAR legend and New York Times bestselling author Dale Earnhardt Jr. introduces Buster and the Christmas Parade, the third book in the popular Buster the Race Car series.

It may be chilly out, but rival race car Scuff's mean comments make Buster's oil run hotter than ever! When Coach Hog invites Scuff, who was alone at the holidays, to join Punchy Motorsports in the Christmas parade, Buster must navigate the difficult course of finding the true spirit of Christmas and traveling the festive parade route with his main competition.

This jacketed picture book

Ride along with Buster and enjoy this heartwarming story that is a perfect read for children who love race cars and Christmas adventures.

Check out the other books in the Buster the Race Car series:

Get your Dale Earnhardt Jr. autographed book today!


Erik Jones - Reading Corner

Erik Jones has been an avid reader all his life and wants to take the opportunity to share this passion with his fans. In his fast paced life, sitting down and enjoying a good book is a way for him to unwind and relax. Through sharing his love of reading he hopes to inspire children and encourage them to pursue an interest in reading while also sharing some of his favorite books with his fans.


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