Fast Guys, Rich Guys, and Idiots Take Off

2007-09-10 12:01:19

Getting a head start on the September 7 paperback publication of his classic racing memoir, Fast Guys, Rich Guys, and Idiots, Sam Moses raced to 5th overall in a field of 40 powerful sports cars at the SCCA regional event at Portland International Raceway, last weekend.

Driving the sleek silver RTG Motorsports BMW M Coupe, the former Sports Illustrated writer finished behind three Porsche Turbos and one Camaro, and was running in 4th place until an overheating gearbox hampered his pace. It was the first race at this track for the BMW, and the first for Moses, as part of the promotional campaign for Fast Guys, Rich Guys, and Idiots, published by the University of Nebraska Press, and named one of the five best books ever written about motorsports, by the Wall Street Journal Book Review.

The next race will be the Doernbecher Dash on September 16, a special event benefiting the Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Foundation of Portland. Moses will debut his own car there, the Fast Guys Ninja-Ford, its pickup-truck skin freshly painted bright black with canary yellow graphics.

Sam Moses

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