Drive, She Said

July, 1989

Darlene Stump, a housewife and mother, said she had no problem with the title of her tell-all book about the life and good times of an auto-racing groupie. All along, it was going to be called Me and Harley and Ralph and Shorty and Joe Ed and Cecil and Them Others.The book is a paperback original and I was Darlene's first stop on her publicity tour. We met at the 7-Eleven on Route 12, halfway between Bobcat's Cleaners and Thelma's Adult Video. Not too far from the warehouse they're turning into...