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Racing to the finish : my story / Dale Earnhardt Jr ; with Ryan McGee.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Nashville, Tennessee : W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: xxii, 181 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780785221609
  • 0785221603
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Contents:
Foreword by Dr. Michael "Micky" Collins -- A lift, a secret, and a promise -- Hammerhead -- Into the fog -- Back on track -- The cloud returns -- The lost season -- Hard truths -- Battleground of the mind -- To race or not to race -- The return ... and that other r-word -- Send her around one more time -- Don't be a hammerhead.
Summary: In this gripping narrative from one of professional sports' most beloved figures, Earnhardt shares stories from his journey: how his career and his injury have transformed him, how he made the decision to retire at the end of the 2017 season after eighteen years behind the wheel, and what lies ahead for him in the next chapter of his life. There is no second-guessing and no regrets from Driver #88. He simply wants to go out on his own terms and make the rest of his life off the racetrack count.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Biography Earnhard D. E12 Available 33111009296274
Total holds: 0

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Racecar driver Earnhardt was at the top of his game--until a minor crash resulted in a concussion that would eventually end his 18-year career. In his only authorized book, Dale shares the inside track on his life and work, reflects on NASCAR, the loss of his dad, and his future as a broadcaster, businessperson, and family man.

It was a seemingly minor crash at Michigan International Speedway in June 2016 that ended the day early for NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. What he didn't know was that it would also end his driving for the year. He'd dealt with concussions before, but no two are the same. Recovery can be brutal, and lengthy.

When Dale retired from professional stock car racing in 2017, he walked away from his career as a healthy man. But for years, he had worried that the worsening effects of multiple racing-related concussions would end not only his time on the track but his ability to live a full and happy life.

Torn between a race-at-all-costs culture and the fear that something was terribly wrong, Earnhardt tried to pretend that everything was fine, but the private notes about his escalating symptoms that he kept on his phone reveal a vicious cycle: suffering injuries on Sunday, struggling through the week, then recovering in time to race again the following weekend. In this candid reflection, Earnhardt opens up for the first time about:

The physical and emotional struggles he faced as he fought to close out his career on his own terms His frustration with the slow recovery from multiple racing-related concussions His admiration for the woman who stood by him through it all His determination to share his own experience so that others don't have to suffer in silence

Steering his way to the final checkered flag of his storied career proved to be the most challenging race and most rewarding finish of his life.

Foreword by Dr. Michael "Micky" Collins -- A lift, a secret, and a promise -- Hammerhead -- Into the fog -- Back on track -- The cloud returns -- The lost season -- Hard truths -- Battleground of the mind -- To race or not to race -- The return ... and that other r-word -- Send her around one more time -- Don't be a hammerhead.

In this gripping narrative from one of professional sports' most beloved figures, Earnhardt shares stories from his journey: how his career and his injury have transformed him, how he made the decision to retire at the end of the 2017 season after eighteen years behind the wheel, and what lies ahead for him in the next chapter of his life. There is no second-guessing and no regrets from Driver #88. He simply wants to go out on his own terms and make the rest of his life off the racetrack count.

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