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My maiden name was Linda Vaughn, so is was curious to read. She had Avery exciting life and I enjoyed reading the book. My friend who is a car enthusiast read it after me and also enjoyed it. I then donated it to our local library. Thanks

This is a fantastic comprehensive autobiography by the First Lady of Motorsports herself, Linda Vaughn (with Rob Kinnan). This book has everything - great vintage photography, insights in her career, materials from her own perspective and memories and a foreword by Don Garlits. I remember first seeing photos of her at the races and thinking how beautiful she is, we'll here's your chance to lust over her yourself. There's much here about which I wasn't aware - how many good biographies have you read lately?

This book is chock-full of anecdotes regarding what Linda was doing during the height of auto-racing - who she met, where she went and what was happening at the latest racing scene. I liked seeing her perspective on the men and events - great insight. If you're a race fan you will want to find a copy of this book.

The book itself has a sewn binding and dust jacket that matches the pictorial cover. The photography is fairly clear but still shows some of the degradation of computer-to-printer publishing.

Full disclosure, I received this book as part of the LibraryThing Early Reviewer's group.

This would be a great book for anyone who is a fan of or interested in Linda Vaughn. There are a lot of pictures and information. The pictures are good and overall the book is informative.

'Linda Vaughn: The First Lady of Motorsports' is a colorful book and a fitting auto-biography for a person so iconic to the auto-racing world. The plethora of photographs make Linda's comments, stories, and descriptions come alive and allow the reader to follow the development of racing as well as its place in the American consciousness. Linda went far beyond a simple spoke model as her stories about luminaries from the racing world can attest. She spins a down-home version of the growth of this unique world and gives very human looks at the lives involved in the sport. Fans of racing will love and benefit from the honest, inside look. Casual to non-fans can't help but be impressed by the scope of the work and Linda's life.½

Nice coffee table like book with a great collection of picture of Vaughn. Filled with a great collection of stories and anecdotes , I found her life and career to be rather interesting. Yes, she used the physical gifts she had, but she was far from a sell-out and so much more than a good poster girl. I definitely recommend it, especially if you are a fan of the sport.

Linda Vaughn: The First Lady of Motorsports: It was a nice book to read but wasnt what I was expecting. The pictures were nice and it was informative on Linda's life.

I received this as part of the Early Reviewers program. As a modern Motorsport fan I mistakenly thought that a book about the First Lady of Motorsports would be about one of the first female drivers, or car designer, or a women who had some sort of tangible impact on the Motorsport industry due to groundbreaking and gender defying achievements. What I actually received was a semi-autobiographical picture book focusing on Linda Vaughn's boobs, and how her boobs were featured in racing. OK, so maybe she was present for decades at race after race in parades and in advertisements, but I will politely summarize my thoughts on her contribution to racing by saying that this book was almost immediately donated to Goodwill.

Like ALL Car-Tech publications, this book is filled to the brim with great pictures. Linda Vaughn (who could have been the model for the mud-flap girl silhouette) was the pin-up girl for auto-racing, and in particular 1970's drag racing. After reading her personal stories, she somehow reminded me of Elvis: very southern, very close with her mother (who made all of her revealing outfits) and very religious (who wore all of the revealing outfits) I KNOW that I DO NOT agree with her politically (She actually says 'We need to 'clean-up' America' which is code for lots of things I do not believe, and vehemently oppose-so I doubt I would've liked the woman IRL) but that doesn't keep me from appreciating her image, and loving all of the pictures of her with racing's dynasty and Hollywood celebs. Very appealing book, lots of fun to look at, painstakingly researched.½

This book is like sitting down with a favorite aunt who has led a colorful life, while she shows you her photo albums. This book is full of great pictures and reminiscences. Linda Vaughn seemed to know EVERYONE involved with motor racing of any sort. And she has stories.
She's also much more than just a cliché sex symbol. She knows auto-racing. In this book, among many other things, she provides quite good and concise histories of NASCAR and racing at Indianapolis. Many big names of auto-sport contributed memories to this book.
This is a fun read. Linda Vaughn is a one of a kind. She came up in a time and a culture that did not always treat women that well, but she made her own way and found success.
One more thing. Someone should pay this woman her pension. She earned it.

Although I was aware of Linda Vaughn and her image, I had no idea how integrated she was with the racing promoters and the industry of motorsports. The book was informative however a little chatty for my tastes. I really liked the photo-history of the sport that the book provided.

This book is the perfect coffee table book for race fans! Beauty queen, Linda Vaughn’s memoirs are intertwined with the history of motorsports: drag racing, NASCAR, Formula 1 Racing and Hurst Shifter products. The book is filled with great photos and anecdotes—a must have for any man cave!

Not being familiar with racing, I had no idea who Linda Vaughn was. I found out when I starting reading the book. She DID use her physical attributes in the beginning, but never strayed from her moral upbringing. Although she is older now and not quite the bombshell she was during a lot of her career, she remains a lady and an integral part of the sport.

Didn't know who Linda Vaughn was until this book showed up. This is a bit of a vanity project, but turned out quite interesting. She moves through a montage of motorsports from the 60s to the present. Lots of great pictures and some interesting vignettes.

This is an astonishingly good book. The photos are first rate and add a great deal to Ms Vaughn's remarks. Many of this fine lady's admirers acknowledge her as the first woman of motorsports; one is hard pressed to disagree with that assessment. But she is more than that for she was really the first woman to become an international spokesperson for an American product. The fact that she carried this off so brilliantly only adds to her luster as a celebrity. The enormous number of people she knew, the thousands (if not millions) of fans she entertained, and the forthright way she represented Hurst products all shine through in this book. Yes, she used her attributes to help sell herself and her product but she was simply taking advantage of the changing cultural climate in which she started. I highly recommend this book to an racing buff for its nostalgia; I also recommend it to any would be sales person or product spokesperson as an example of how to do it right.