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July 2008
Fact
v Fiction On The Race
Track
The
reading habits of MAZDASPEED
staffers will be on display at
the Mazda Grand Prix of Portland
in the Mazda MX-5 Cup race on
Sunday, July 27th. Making guest
appearances will be Garth "The
Art of Racing in the Rain" Stein,
and Sam "Fast Guys, Rich Guys,
and Idiots" Moses. Each is an
accomplished writer and racer,
with very different career paths,
but both calling Portland their
home track.
Garth's
novel The Art of Racing in the
Rain (Harper) is currently on the
New York Times bestsellers list
for fiction. Sam's book, Fast
Guys, Rich Guys, and Idiots is
considered a classic among
racers. The 1986 epic was
re-released last year by the
University of Nebraska
Press.
While
the MX-5 Cup race will have at
least two dozen other racers, Sam
and Garth are aiming at the
bragging rights as the highest
placed scribe.
Sam
notes that "the graphics on our
MX-5s will be our book jackets,
which means my car will have a
checkered flag on it, and Garth's
car will have a dog on it. Tells
you something about their
drivers, right there."
Garth
observed that "Hemingway said the
only three real sports are auto
racing, mountain climbing and
bull fighting. Well, I have great
respect for my competitor, Sam
Moses. But at the end of the day,
he should stick to mountain
climbing, because in the sport of
auto racing, I will prove to be
the champion, and Mount Hood
isn't that far away."
Fans
of race cars, novelists,
journalists, idiots, and
philosopher dogs are encouraged
to join the fun at Portland
International Raceway the last
weekend of July.
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