{"product_id":"neil-soapy-castles-memoir-of-a-life-in-nascar-and-the-movies-9781476676289","title":"Neil \"Soapy\" Castles: Memoir of a Life in NASCAR and the Movies","description":"Henry Neil \"\"Soapy\"\" Castles grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, and became involved in its pioneering auto racing scene at an early age. Graduating from soapbox derby cars to midgets and sprints and finally to stock cars, he sometimes crashed, sometimes won, saw friends die horribly, and became a champion. Eventually he left the racetrack for Hollywood where he became a stuntman working alongside such stars as Rory Calhoun, Elvis Presley, Kenny Rogers, Richard Pryor and Andy Griffith. In the 1990s, groundwater contamination at Castle's truck repair business from an Exxon oil storage facility cost him an eye and most of his lungs. His decade-long class action lawsuit won him millions in compensation. Now in his mid-eighties, Castles is still going strong, procuring vehicles for movie and television projects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16542435\"\u003eHenry Neil Soapy Castles\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland and Company, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/23\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.80w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476676289\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476676283\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-YAN\"\u003eYoung Adult Nonfiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-YAN053080\"\u003eSports \u0026amp; Recreation | Motor Sports\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry Neil \"Soapy\" Castles\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerry Allen Wood\u003c\/b\u003e is an investigator for Wells Fargo Bank and a noted racing historian. He has written four other McFarland books on stock car racing, hosts a weekly radio show \u003ci\u003eStart Your Engines\u003c\/i\u003e, and lives in Spartanburg, South Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland and Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44693263089901,"sku":"9781476676289","price":49.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_63995b5c-d722-4410-b627-97d702ab51bd.jpg?v=1703751584","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/neil-soapy-castles-memoir-of-a-life-in-nascar-and-the-movies-9781476676289","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}