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Acknowledgments

Thank you to all the Steve McQueen biographers who laid the groundwork for this collection of trivia facts. My goal with this project was less about breaking new ground and more about honing in on the plethora of information that was already available. Unfortunately, many of the men and women associated with Steve McQueen are no longer with us, so again, I thank previous biographers for recording their testimony for generations to come.

Thank you to my wife, Danielle, who lost me for far too many nights and weekends. I also apologize for the slew of dirt bikes that made their way into the garage; thanks to the desert exploits of Steve McQueen, I’ve become obsessed with off-road motorcycle riding.

Thank you to my family too, for their support and motivation throughout this nearly two-year process and providing me with the will required to finish when I didn’t think I could.

Thank you to Bob and Susan Bishop for allowing me to use their ex-Steve McQueen and Von Dutch Brough Superior SS80 motorcycle for my author portrait and the support with my automotive endeavors over the years.

Thank you to my friend Kevin Mackay. He’s been called the “Mr. October of Corvettes” by Reggie Jackson himself. With the help he’s provided me on this project I have to say that when it comes to Corvettes and 1960s era endurance racing, Kevin truly is the King of Cool.

Thank you to Franz Estreicher, owner of the 1966 Corvette used in Steve McQueen’s Sports Illustrated sports car shootout, which he also owned for some time after. Hearing Franz discuss the research and documentation on the car and his inside knowledge of behind-closed-doors activities in Detroit in that era motivated me even further to do justice to this topic.

Last but not least, thank you to the team at CarTech Books for making this project happen and especially to my editor, Wes Eisenschenk. This was a tough project; thank you for seeing it through to the end with me and for the opportunity to swim around in the world of American icon Steve McQueen.