"It's the final, decisive race of the NASCAR Unlimited series championship. The drivers of Team Fastex are ready to bury their differences and work as a team again. Together, they ask team owner Jack Fassler to allow one of them to drive the XPT-1--a dangerous, experimental car--with the driver to be chosen at random ...".
The radioactive accident that gave Dashiell James and his crew superpowers and turned him into Jimmy Dash, NASCAR driver, also transformed driver Jack Diesel into a superpowered archenemy who will do anything to stop Dash and learn his true identity.
Diesel has kidnapped Astor in hopes of preventing Jimmy Dash from driving in the next NASCAR race, but supercharged Dash and his crew have a few tricks up their sleeves to combat everything from a car crusher to a very mean dog.
A novelization of the animated film "Cars, " in which a cocky young race car learns what is really important in life when he gets stranded in a small town right before the Piston Cup championship.
"Amazing photography accompanies engaging information about salt flat racers. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.