Archive for December 12, 2007

He “wrote like a maniac” for a year until his pen spun out with a bad case of writer’s block. But after accepting an offer to join Elon University's religious studies department in 2005, L.D. Russell hit the literary gas pedal once more. His finished work, “Godspeed: Racing is My Religion,” explores how NASCAR can be a religious experience for its fans – just like it is for him.