The Driver: My Dangerous Pursuit of Speed and Truth in the Outlaw Racing World
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (776 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0061227935 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He finished first in the 2006 Gumball 3000 and set a new speed record from New York to Los Angeles, making the nearly 3,000-mile drive in a staggering 32 hours and 7 minutes. Alexander Roy has been driving in international road rallies since 2003. When he is not on the road, he lives in New York City.
“this is more than a testosterone cocktail of a memoir. It’s a joy ride” (Los Angeles Times)“…highly entertaining insider’s look at the world of high-stakes, high-octane, high-risk road rallies…. The book is so good, so filled with color and adrenaline, that it plays out like a movie in your mind.” (Booklist (starred review)) . Roy writes with enthusiasm and with a novelist’s sense of pacing and character
Filled with insane driving and Roy's quixotic quest to win both for his late father and for himself, The Driver is the tale of one man's insatiable drive beyond life in the fast lane.. But should he try? Can he do it?Full of hilarious, sexy, and shocking stories from a life lived at the right-hand edge of the speedometer, The Driver offers a never-before-told insider's account of the fast, dangerous, and unbelievable society that has long been offlimits to most of us. But in order to get noticed by The Driver, Roy must first become a force to be reckoned with.In this riveting memoir, Roy straps you into his highly modified BMW M5 and takes you on a terrifying 120 mph lap of Manhattan (his version of the French cult film Rendezvous), then tackles the Gumball 3000 and the Bullrun—the two most infamous road rallies in the world. that was nothing at all like the one portrayed in the Burt Reynol
"Strap on your Whistler or Cobra and look for adventure for whatever comes your way!" according to Lord Jim. Narcissism and hedonism at its finest, fueled by wealth that enables a highly creative spirit on a quest to find "The Driver." In a revelation at the end of this quest that was fueled by his father's bequest of a box on the father's death bed, the author is given a spiritual gift that exceeds any material inheritance. This read gives suspense, excitement and a glimpse into a world few see or experience.. High Speed fun and driving on steroids This is a great booka total surprise that will keep you on the edge of your Recaros from start to finish. It's about a man obsessed, his rentless attention to detail in the search for, perhaps his father? In the process Alex Roy takes us on a multi year ride at blinding speeds, across numerous continents in his quest to win a very dangerous, but wacky game.The cast of real characters & the scrapes he gets into and out of are a riot. Who would ever think to tell the Highway Patrol that a car loaded with n. Excellent read! Alex's years long search for the Driver, inspired by his father, is a journey of self discovery.