{"id":494572,"date":"2015-07-01T00:05:54","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T07:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=11692"},"modified":"2024-01-10T09:59:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T09:59:41","slug":"product-reviews-july-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-july-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"[Book Review] Where the Writer Meets the Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PR201507-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-520853 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PR201507-p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"556\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PR201507-p1.jpg 556w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PR201507-p1-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PR201507-p1-79x100.jpg 79w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PR201507-p1-293x369.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/a><\/b>Where the Writer Meets the Road<\/h2>\n<h3>By Sam Posey<\/h3>\n<p>Sam Posey created a unique career for himself in motorsports, beginning as a young driver set to make his mark, then later moving into television commentary, forming a memorable booth crew with Bobby Unser and Paul Page, all while carrying on in private as both a writer and an artist.<\/p>\n<p>This book, subtitled \u201ca collection of articles, broadcast intros and profiles,\u201d looks at Sam\u2019s career from his own, admittedly personal viewpoint, but nevertheless tells a compelling tale. Included are a number of articles on a variety of topics that he wrote, primarily for Road &amp; Track, but also Sports Illustrated and others, as well as introductory briefs he penned to open F1 broadcasts and salute the honorees at the Road Racing Drivers Club\u2019s annual Long Beach banquets.<\/p>\n<p>An excellent Foreword by long-time \u201cadversary\u201d David Hobbs opens the book on a revelatory note, and the following text readily displays Sam\u2019s talents out of the cockpit. The book is laced with relevant photography at appropriate points as well as a central four-color signature of snaps from Sam\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s available for US$29.95 \/ \u00a319.99 from enthusiast bookstores, or direct from publisher David Bull Publishing at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bullpublishing.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.bullpublishing.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where the Writer Meets the Road By Sam Posey Sam Posey created a unique career for himself in motorsports, beginning as a young driver set to make his mark, then later moving into television commentary, forming a memorable booth crew with Bobby Unser and Paul Page, all while carrying on in private as both a writer and an artist. This book, subtitled \u201ca collection of articles, broadcast intros and profiles,\u201d looks at Sam\u2019s career from his own, admittedly personal viewpoint, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":520851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11339],"tags":[2942,17152,17940,3297],"class_list":["post-494572","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] Where the Writer Meets the Road<\/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-july-2015\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[Book Review] Where the Writer Meets the Road\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Where the Writer Meets the Road By Sam Posey Sam Posey created a unique career for himself in motorsports, beginning as a young driver set to make his mark, then later moving into television commentary, forming a memorable booth crew with Bobby Unser and Paul Page, all while carrying on in private as both a writer and an artist. 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