Lose with a load of whiskey and you go to jail. Driving with the Devil uncovers for the first time the true story behind NASCAR;s distant, moonshine-fueled origins and paints a rich portrait of the colorful men who created it. Long before the sport of stock-car racing even existed, young men in the rural, Depression-wracked South had figured out that cars and speed were tickets to a better life. With few options beyond the farm or factory, the best chance of escape was running moonshine.
Bootlegging offered speed, adventure, and wads of cash;if the drivers survived. Driving with the Devil is the story of bootleggers whose empires grew during Prohibition and continued to thrive well after Repeal, and of drivers who thundered down dusty back roads with moonshine deliveries, deftly outrunning federal agents.
The car of choice was the Ford V-8, the hottest car of the s, and ace mechanics tinkered with them until they could fly across mountain roads at miles an hour. After fighting in World War II, moonshiners transferred their skills to the rough, red-dirt racetracks of Dixie, and a national sport was born.
In this dynamic era s and ;40s , three men with a passion for Ford V-8s;convicted criminal Ray Parks, foul-mouthed mechanic Red Vogt, and crippled war veteran Red Byron, NASCAR;s first champion;emerged as the first stock car ;team. Driving with the Devil is a fascinating look at the well-hidden historical connection between whiskey running and stock-car racing. NASCAR histories will tell you who led every lap of every race since the first official race in Driving with the Devil goes deeper to bring you the excitement, passion, crime, and death-defying feats of the wild, early days that NASCAR has carefully hidden from public view.
In the tradition of Laura Hillenbrand;s Seabiscuit, this tale not only reveals a bygone era of a beloved sport, but also the character of the country at a moment in time. About Jeffrey K. Liker Jeffrey K.
He explains how the Toyota Production System evolved as a new paradigm of manufacturing excellence, transforming businesses across industries. You'll learn how Toyota fosters employee involvement at all levels, discover the difference between traditional process improvement and Toyota's Lean improvement, and learn why companies often think they are Lean--but aren't.
The fourteen management principles of the Toyota Way create the ideal environment for implementing Lean techniques and tools. Liker explains each key principle with detailed, examples from Toyota and other Lean companies on how to:Foster an atmosphere of continuous improvement and learningCreate continuous process 'flow' to unearth problemsSatisfy customers and eliminate waste at the same time Grow your leaders rather than purchase themGet quality right the first timeGrow together with your suppliers and partners for mutual benefitDr.
Liker shows the Toyota Way in action, then outlines how to apply the Toyota Way in your organization, with examples of how other companies have rebuilt their culture to create a Lean, learning enterprise.
The Toyota Way is an inspiring guide to taking the steps necessary to emulate Toyota's remarkable success. What can your business learn from Toyota? How to double or triple the speed of any business processHow to build quality into workplace systemsHow to eliminate the huge costs of hidden wasteHow to turn every employee into a quality control inspectorHow to dramatically imp. Short-link Link Embed. Share from cover. Share from page:.
More magazines by this user. Close Flag as Inappropriate. The book is full of examples of the 14 fundamental principles at work in the Toyota culture, and how these principles create a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
The result is an amazing business success story: steadily taking market share from price-cutting competitors, earning far more profit than any other automaker, and winning the praise of business leaders worldwide. Professor Jeffrey Liker has been studying Toyota for twenty years, and was given unprecedented access to Toyota executives, employees and factories, both in Japan and the United States, for this landmark book.
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