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92-YEAR-OLD RACING LEGENDS BUCKY WAGNER & “WILD BILL” FITZGERALD TO ATTEND MANITOWOC DEC. 3 BOOK SIGNING
Posted on: Thursday October 27, 2022
“Wild Bill” Fitzgerald is featured on the cover of “Life In The Past Lane.”
ATTENTION SPORTS/MOTORSPORTS – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
92-YEAR-OLD LAKESHORE RACING LEGENDS BUCKY WAGNER & “WILD BILL” FITZGERALD TO APPEAR AT MANITOWOC BOOK SIGNING DEC. 3
(Lakeshore Book Show and Author Signing Presented by Pedal Down Promotions to be held Dec. 3 at Sabbatical Brewing Co. in Manitowoc, WI)
(Manitowoc, WI) Oct. 27 – A pair of 92-year-old Manitowoc, Wisconsin area racing legends will accompany motorsports author Joe Verdegan at the 1st Annual Lakeshore Book Show and Author Signing Presented by Pedal Down Promotions at Sabbatical Brewing Co. in Manitowoc, Wisconsin Saturday, Dec. 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
“Wild Bill” Fitzgerald
Wagner, a Two Rivers native, and Fitzgerald from Manitowoc are both featured in Verdegan’s 2015 release “Life In The Past Lane – a history of stock car racing in northeast Wisconsin from 1950-1980.” Each driver has chapters covering their respective colorful racing history, and Fitzgerald is featured on the book’s front cover.
The pair is among the most successful stock car racers ever to emerge from Manitowoc County, both earning dozens of feature wins and mopping up several track championships in both the coupe era and modified racing scene from the 1950’s and 1960’s.
Bucky Wagner
Verdegan and Jeff Pederson of Pedal Down Promotions have teamed up to produce four of Verdegan’s seven books – including the 2020 Amazon No. 1 best selling book “The Reformatory – Tales From Green Bay’s maximum-security prison.” All of Verdegan’s seven titles will be on sale on Dec. 3 with many of the motorsports titles being sold at discounted prices.
16 different authors representing a plethora of different genres and interests will be on hand at the show, which is free to spectators.
The GPS address for Sabbatical Brewing Co. is 835 South 29th St., Manitowoc, WI 54220.
You can learn more about Pedal Down Promotions at their website pedaldownpromo.com. You can learn more about Verdegan’s inventory of his seven titles by going to his website joeverdegan.com.