{"id":490284,"date":"2008-10-01T05:00:49","date_gmt":"2008-10-01T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=50651"},"modified":"2024-01-04T22:04:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:04:48","slug":"product-reviews-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-44\/","title":{"rendered":"[Book Review] Rick Mears, Thanks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Rick Mears, Thanks<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">By Gordon Kirby<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/PR200810-p3-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-568905 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/PR200810-p3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/PR200810-p3-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/PR200810-p3-1-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/PR200810-p3-1-1024x1004.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/PR200810-p3-1-100x98.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/PR200810-p3-1-770x755.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/PR200810-p3-1-293x287.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>In our modern world, great performers are often allowed a sort of \u201cheroic license\u201d that excuses instances of questionable behavior in light of their talent. Examples can be found everywhere, not just in racing, a reality that makes those who don\u2019t need such license all the more valuable. One of these is four-time Indy winner and triple CART champion, Rick Mears.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On or off the track, Mears was never regarded as anything less than a gentleman, and never considered himself as anything more than just lucky to be where he was. His fellow competitors always knew they could race him wheel-to-wheel without worry, yet also understood that he\u2019d never give them anything they hadn\u2019t earned.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following a foreword by Roger Penske, author Kirby traces the origins of the fabled Mears Gang, and then follows the family\u2019s move from Kansas to California where both Rick and his older brother Roger began their racing endeavors. Then the focus turns toward Rick\u2019s career, recounting it in both great detail and fine style, with many previously untold insights provided by those who figured prominently in it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although a handful of the book\u2019s more than 300 color and black-and-white photographs are curiously mis-captioned, nothing can detract from the quality of the tale at hand, the story of a genuine American hero that deserves a spot in any enthusiast\u2019s library.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Available in soft cover for <strong>US$39.95<\/strong> (<strong>\u00a325.00<\/strong>) from the publisher, Crash Media Group, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crashmediagroup.com\">www.crashmediagroup.com<\/a> or at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motorbooks.com\">www.motorbooks.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rick Mears, Thanks By Gordon Kirby In our modern world, great performers are often allowed a sort of \u201cheroic license\u201d that excuses instances of questionable behavior in light of their talent. 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On or off the track, Mears was never regarded as anything less than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":568892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11339],"tags":[2942,17152,17940,3297],"class_list":["post-490284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-product","tag-car-books","tag-car-culture","tag-product-reviews","tag-products"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>[Book Review] Rick Mears, Thanks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-44\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[Book Review] Rick Mears, Thanks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rick Mears, Thanks By Gordon Kirby In our modern world, great performers are often allowed a sort of \u201cheroic license\u201d that excuses instances of questionable behavior in light of their talent. 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