The Bottom Line
Pros
- Beautiful full-color photos
- Covers both staged and action photography
- Well written commentary covers history and personality of each driver
- Unique fold-out format
- Fully documents each driver's path through 2004
Cons
- Fold pattern confusing at first
- Great photos not easily displayable
- Not officially licensed by NASCAR or the drivers
Description
- Five book series, one for each of the top five drivers in the 2004 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup.
- Text features detailed history of the driver.
- Includes special fold out timeline that lists each Chase race and what happened for that driver.
Guide Review - The Reedy Series - 5 photo books covering the NASCAR stars of 2004
This series covers five drivers:
- Kurt Busch -
- Jimmie Johnson -
- Jeff Gordon -
- Mark Martin -
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. -
Each page of the book unfolds to provide plenty of room for the beautiful photos inside. Some pages unfold out to provide almost 20 inches of space across. Other pages open upwards to create a nearly 14x10 photo space.
The unique format provides a lot of fun the first time through the book. You just never know what stunning imagery awaits you at every turn. However, it is difficult to "flip through" the book to find a particular image. I also had trouble a couple of times figuring out which direction a page wanted to be unfolded.
Along with those excellent photos, the text tells the story of the 2004 season for that driver. It touches on the highlights for each driver, how they got into The Chase and race-by-race how they fared in the final ten races.
Overall these books are very good. The photography is excellent and the writing is very well done. If the unique fold-out format, which can seem a bit fiddly, doesn't bother you then you will love having these in your collection.
