automobile racing

Describes different types of race cars, outlines the safety features that make racing less dangerous, and takes a behind-the-scenes look at such racing events as the Indy 500 and Le Mans.

Introduces car racing through photographs and brief text that uses one word relating to car racing for each letter of the alphabet.

In a small town in northern Minnesota, the much-anticipated Saturday night dirt-track race at the old-fashioned, barely viable, Headwaters Speedway becomes, in many ways, an important life-changing event for all the participants on and off the track.

This book describes the history of sports cars; explains today's Daytona Prototypes, Le Mans Prototypes, and Grand Touring cars; and discusses major sports car races all over the world.

When seventeen-year-old Kyle reluctantly succumbs to family pressure and replaces his injured brother in the family racecar, he struggles to keep up with his trumpet playing while deciding how--or if--he can continue making music with a brass quintet and headlines as a Nascar racer.

Trace Bonham knows he is fortunate to be offered a chance at being a paid super stock driver when he is still in high school, but regrets that he must leave his friends and home track and wonders if the sponsor is legitimate.

Provides an account of the news-making contest to be the first to travel from New York to Paris by automobile, a race launched from four countries in 1908,and includes photographs, illustrations, and profiles of competitors.

This book describes how Indy cars evolved into the highly advanced cars they are today, as well as how teams prepare their cars for races and how races are run.

This book describes the history, features, and performance of dragsters.

Lists and describes top race car drivers from both the past and today.