Aided by a girl they have never seen before, best friends Rex Jones, Dave, and Carl race for their lives when Rex's mysterious cell phone drops them into a computer game called Motor Speed Chase--or perhaps a more deadly version of that game.
Rising star Eddie Stewart is on the starting grid of the Indianapolis 500, but a mysterious series of dangerous crashes threatens to end Eddie's dream of winning at Indy before it even begins.
A brief history of racing cars is followed by detailed descriptions of where and how these cars are built and tested. Includes a brief history of the Indy 500.
A survey of the Indy 500 race, including information about the speedway, the race itself, the rules, the drivers, and a description of a typical race and its aftermath.
Based upon the Disney film, Lightning McQueen, the rookie hot-shot race car, is screaming his way down the track on his way to winning the Piston Cup, but he gets stuck in a slow little town called Radiator Springs.
Photographs, illustrations, and text looks at the safety gear worn by drivers, pit crews, and track personnel, what causes accidents, and how car designers and safety engineers focus on driver survival in a crash.
