Sundays Will Never Be the Same Racing, Tragedy, and Redemption--My Life in America's Fastest Sport

From the former NASCAR champion and current Fox Sportsannouncer, an intimate account of one of the most dramatic and tragic days in the history of NASCAR: the 2001 Daytona 500the day that racing legend Dale Earnhardt, Sr. died. Three-time NASCAR champion Darrell Waltrip knew that big changes were in the wind on the morning of February 18, 2001. For the first time in his long and storied career, Darrell would be watching the race from the broadcast booth high above the track, explaining its complexities to a television audience of millions. Dale Earnhardt's sudden death on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500 was a traumatic loss for the entire NASCAR family, and few were affected more deeply than Darrell Waltrip. During the course of their tumultuous thirty-year association, Dale and Darrell had been friends, then "frenemies," and finally friends again. Darrell provides a fascinating history of racing in Daytona and offers glimpses of some of the sport's most colorful characters. He weaves the story of his own unlikely journey from the small-town ovals and rural roads of Kentucky (where his talents were largely devoted to running from the cops) to the grandest tracks and richest purses in motor racing. With his customary candor, Darrell gives readers an insider's view of some of NASCAR's greatest battles and most memorable moments. This is an epic that only a storyteller with Darrell's access and experience could write.

Darrell Waltrip is a three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and the author of the New York Times bestselling autobiography, DW: A Lifetime Going Around in Circles. He is currently the lead analyst for NASCAR on Fox Sports. He lives in Franklin, Tennessee.

Nate Larkin, a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, is a popular speaker and the author of an inspirational book for men, Samson and the Pirate Monks: Calling Men to Authentic Brotherhood.