The Ultimate Tailgater’s Racing Guide
The Ultimate Tailgater’s Racing Guide
By Stephen Linn
Rutledge Hill Press, 2007
$14.99 MSRP
For thousands of fans, the party is practically as important as the race, but making that party truly worthwhile requires more than just hot dogs and beer. Throwing a memorable campsite or tailgate soiree is an acquired skill and to help the process along, author Stephen Linn penned The Ultimate Tailgater’s Racing Guide, 220 pages of trackside recipes, games and advice.
It’s an easy read, the kind of book you’re likely to spend just a few minutes at a time going through to find a new dish or idea to make your next trip to the track that much more fun. Linn breaks down nearly every aspect of trackside entertaining, from cooking options to setting up an efficient tailgate work station to creating a theme for the more ambitious hosts. He even includes several tailgating etiquette tips, such as, “Know the line between good-natured ribbing and being obnoxious. Don’t cross it.”
Additionally, with more than 50 recipes covering appetizers to après-dinner cocktails, Linn presents race-going tailgaters with easy-to-make options like Creole Corn Salsa, Drunken Steaks, and Track Tea for their next outing.
The back of the book features more than 100 pages of nationwide track listings, covering all the NHRA and IHRA national-event tracks as well as several regional strips, in addition
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In his introduction to Ultimate Tailgater’s, Linn writes, “The sense of community among racing tailgaters runs as deep as their feelings about Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt, Funny Cars and Top Fuel dragsters. For many, it runs deeper. There are life-long friendships forged in these parking-lot neighborhoods … This book celebrates these communities. It will also help you throw the best party in the parking lot!”
The Ultimate Tailgater’s Racing Guide is available online through visiting www.theultimatetailgater.com.
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