May 11, 2026 · 34 min · 17 segments
Andrew Clarke is a motorsports writer and author and he has a new book that we’re discussing today, ***The Immortals of NASCAR***. Clarke shares how the project came to be; the word ‘immortal’ being…
[rock music] Excited to have Andrew on the podcast today to talk about his new book, which I must say, Andrew, looks fantastic.
It is a really well done, beautiful looking book, The Imb- Immortals of NASCAR.
Before I jump in and talk some specifics about the book, I'm always curious, writer to writer, and creator to creator, of just the background of how projects come together.
Um, one of the great things when you're a writer is when you put something together and they come back with something that looks that good.
I mean, I, I just remember the day I laid my eyes on the cover and I just thought, "Wow." You know, powerful, strong, everything.
But the, the writing part of it, I mean, y- you obviously have ideas as writers about all the things you wanna do, and in Australia we, um, the publisher of this book has a series called The Immortals.
Um, and I did The Immortals of Australian Football, 'cause, uh, I started my working life as a football journalist before turning to motorsport, which was kind of my true love.
And, um, I said, "Well, how about we try and do something in America? How about we do The Immortals of NASCAR?" And, uh, they were on board for that, so, um, yeah, here we are.
And, uh, now we- here we are launching the book and running around America for a little bit.
[rock music] Excited to have Andrew on the podcast today to talk about his new book, which I must say, Andrew, looks fantastic.
It is a really well done, beautiful looking book, The Imb- Immortals of NASCAR.
Before I jump in and talk some specifics about the book, I'm always curious, writer to writer, and creator to creator, of just the background of how projects come together.
Um, one of the great things when you're a writer is when you put something together and they come back with something that looks that good.
I mean, I, I just remember the day I laid my eyes on the cover and I just thought, "Wow." You know, powerful, strong, everything.
But the, the writing part of it, I mean, y- you obviously have ideas as writers about all the things you wanna do, and in Australia we, um, the publisher of this book has a series called The Immortals.
Um, and I did The Immortals of Australian Football, 'cause, uh, I started my working life as a football journalist before turning to motorsport, which was kind of my true love.
And, um, I said, "Well, how about we try and do something in America? How about we do The Immortals of NASCAR?" And, uh, they were on board for that, so, um, yeah, here we are.
And, uh, now we- here we are launching the book and running around America for a little bit.
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