New DVD Series Captures NASCAR's Golden Era

New DVD Series Captures NASCAR's Golden Era

From Trailblazing Moon Shiners, Rowdy Rebels and Outlaws, the New American Stock(TM) Films Pay Tribute to the Racing Pioneers of NASCAR's Gritty Past

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Before Daytona, before asphalt, before NASCAR, one man would gather a ragtag group of daredevils and dare to dream. Legends were born.

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20051209/SFF003 )

Now, American Stock(TM) introduces fans to The Golden Era of NASCAR, a DVD series that traces NASCAR's humble beginnings back to the white sands of Daytona and red-dirt clay of the Southern Piedmont, where NASCAR founder "Big" Bill France and his roving band of rebels and outlaws would grip it and rip it, white-knuckled and hell-bent to that checkered flag.

American Stock(TM) founder John W. Warner IV blended his experience in both documentary filmmaking and professional racecar driving to produce the DVD series. "Years went into the development of this series," says Warner. "These people still live very independent and sometimes reclusive lives. Finding them, gaining their confidence and capturing their spirit on film to tell these untold stories was an enormous task."

This is the only authoritative film series ever produced that takes a hard and gritty look at NASCAR's history from 1936 to 1971, the early, formative years when the "greatest generation" managed to build stock car racing, judged as a third-rate joy ride for the working class, into what it is today -- the fastest-growing spectator sport in the country.

The four-and-a-half-hour series includes four DVDs: The early years 1936 -1949; The Jet Age, 1950-1959; the Wild Wild 60's, from 1960-1971; and a bonus DVD, Profiles of legends Wendell Scott and Curtis Turner. The Wendell Scott Story aired on The History Channel in 2002. A circular companion book accompanies the DVDs in a "collectors edition" authentic film canister.

"It was a colorful sport. It had a lot of characters. It is what makes this sport so different and appealing to everybody today. You can't wipe out history," says NASCAR historian Greg Fielding.

The DVD series features exclusive interviews with Junior Johnson, Richard Petty and Fred Lorenzen, among more than 50 other legendary early drivers and NASCAR historians.

This DVD series is available online at http://www.americanstock.us/ or by calling 1-800-956-7694 (8 a.m. - 5 p.m. PST). It also includes a private collection of previously unpublished historic photos, quotes and printed historical summaries of each era, plus army-weight dog tags embossed with Drive Loud Journey Proud(TM). The package is available for $79.

American Stock(TM) is a new brand dedicated to honoring and bringing to life the rich and colorful history of NASCAR and stock car racing through a series of exciting new products. John W. Warner IV founded the brand in 2005. Warner plans to introduce a wide variety of additional products this year, including memorabilia, reinvented collectibles and vintage-inspired apparel for today's most avid race fans.

Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20051209/SFF003
AP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org/
PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com
Source: American Stock

CONTACT: Contact: Cheryl Engstrom of Engstrom Public Relations,
+1-425-487-0682, or cheryl@engstrompr.com, or Jennifer Bebon of Max
Communications, +1-203-256-0907, or jenniferbebon@maxcompr.com, both for
American Stock

Web site: http://www.americanstock.us/

-------
Profile: intent