LEONARD T. MILLER is a second-generation African-American auto
racing team owner, the president of Miller Racing Group, Inc, and a
twenty-one-year veteran commercial airline pilot. His dad, Leonard
W. Miller, entered a team in the 1972 Indianapolis 500 and is in
the Black Athletes Hall of Fame.
ANDREW SIMON is a writer and editor living in Brooklyn, New York.
For over a decade he has covered music, sports, and pop culture for
Rolling Stone Press, VIBE, Complex, and ESPN Magazine.
“Miller throws the restrictor plate away for this race. He takes
you to the red line.” –Bobby Gerhart, five-time winner of the ARCA
Daytona 200
“You don't have to have motor oil running through your veins to
savor the rich slice of contemporary Americana that Miller and
Simon serve up—an unlikely team's journey through the grimy garages
and cool corporate offices where one of the nation's
fastest-growing spectator sport actually gets played. And if you
are a racing freak, this is a book that tells secrets, names names
and exposes the divisions that still constrict the sport.” –Amy
Argetsinger, The Washington Post
“As a racing team executive, co-author Leonard T. Miller brings an
insider's knowledge to the story. This book will help readers
understand why NASCAR, unlike other major sports, remains all-white
at its top level. Racing While Black is an illuminating,
action-packed journey through a little-known chapter in our
country's racial history.” –Brian Donovan, Pulitzer Prize-winning
journalist and author of Hard Driving: The American Odyssey of
NASCAR's First Black Driver
“Making it to the big leagues of American motorsports is a nearly
impossible climb. As we learn from Mr. Miller, when you're an
African-American, that climb becomes Mt. Everest. That's what makes
this account so important.” –Ryan McGee, ESPN The Magazine
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