AW book review.(News)

Byline: ROGER HART Motor racing is rife with unfulfilled dreams, squandered potential and broken lives. Tragedies all, to be sure-it's the nature of the business. When a driver gets behind the wheel, he knows the risks. As fans of the sport, we must also realize the potential for disaster is but a heartbeat away.

Knowing that doesn't make those losses any more palatable, though, and in a new book chronicling the life of drag racer Darrell Gwynn, author Erik Arneson details the painful realities of a young life torn apart in a 250-mph fireball. It makes us wonder what draws us to ...

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