Joe Menzer

JOE MENZER is a journalist and sportswriter who has contributed to the Sporting News, USA Today, Inside Sports, and the Washington Post. His recent books include The Great American Gamble: How the 1979 Daytona 500 Gave Birth to a NASCAR Nation, Buckeye Madness: The Glorious, Tumultuous, Behind-the-Scenes Story of Ohio State Football and The Wildest Ride: A History of NASCAR.

Menzer has served as a lead writer for NASCAR.com and as a sportswriter for the Winston-Salem Journal in North Carolina since 1995, covering the Carolina Panthers and the NFL. He is the recipient of journalism awards as a writer and reporter.

Joe lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife and four children.

Joe Menzer’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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