Liz Clarke on One Helluva Ride
Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Washington Post’s Liz Clarke entered my area of knowledge in 2007 when hearing her as a cohort on Tony Kornheiser’s radio show. When Kornheiser returned to radio in January 2008, Clarke was back onboard with him as well, appearing on the show almost every Tuesday and Thursday. After hearing her briefly detail her new book, One Helluva Ride: How NASCAR Swept the Nation, I contacted Clarke to see if she’d like to discuss the book, as well as briefly talk about Mr. Tony (as regular listeners call him). Fortunately she was equally open to both topics.
Before starting the interview, here’s a bit of how the book is officially described: “… a full-throttle account of the rise and reign of NASCAR nation, is … Clarke’s chronicle of how stock car racing exploded from regional obsession to national phenomenon. “
Also, here is Clarke’s bio: “A sportswriter for The Washington Post, Liz Clarke has also covered NASCAR for USA Today, The Charlotte Observer, and The Dallas Morning News, and was twice honored with the Russ Catlin award for excellence in motorsports journalism. She spent four seasons as a Post beat writer on the Washington Redskins and has written extensively about the Olympics, tennis, and college sports. A graduate of Barnard College, she lives in Washington, D.C., with her beloved Lab, Rusty.”