David McGee, a Bristol, Tenn.-based journalist, will be at next weekend's NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals signing copies of his Bristol Dragway book. Details of the book signing will be released soon.

McGee released his book in July 2007 and has become a fan favorite for its in-depth photo history of the famed drag racing facility built in the mountains of western Tennessee by Larry Carrier.

David McGee, a Bristol, Tenn.-based journalist, will be at next weekend's NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals signing copies of his Bristol Dragway book. Details of the book signing will be released soon.

McGee released his book in July 2007 and has become a fan favorite for its in-depth photo history of the famed drag racing facility built in the mountains of western Tennessee by Larry Carrier.

“It took about a year-and-a-half to make it all happen,” McGee said. “The most difficult part about it all was narrowing down which images to use. We were limited in terms of page count.”

McGee’s Bristol Dragway features 200 pictures from the initial construction of the facility until today’s modern look. Narrowing down to that amount proved the toughest task. McGee says he sorted through 20,000 images before settling on the current content for the 128-page book.

“Quite honestly, we could have done a magazine that was three times the size,” McGee said.

With only 200 making the final cut, another 19,800 remain unpublished.

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