automobile racing

"[An] . . . introduction to touring cars, powerful race cars known for their strong engines and use in a variety of races. Also included is a biographical story about touring car driver Gordon Shedden"--Provided by publisher.

"Questions and answers about Indy cars foster inquiry-based learning for readers in early elementary. Topics include fuel, tires, history, and racing"--provided by publisher.

"Mio the mermaid, her monster truck, Mudwick, and their team are hoping for a first-place finish here in the Soft Swirl City... but the Vroombot crew is up to their usual devious tricks. Will the Glam Prix Racers be able to escape sticky situations in time to claim sweet victory?"--Provided by publisher.

"It's the third and final race of the Glam Prix Cup on Glittergear Island! This time the racers and their motos are off to the twisty, turn-y tracks of Diamond Sands, where they will have to use every last trick up their sleeves to slide through diamond dust dunes and serpentine stunt challenges. Mio the mermaid, her monster truck Mudwick, and their team are tied for first place with the Vroombot crew, and whoever wins this last race will claim the Glam Prix Cup! Can the Glam Prix Racers work together to best the bots and come out on top?"--Provided by publisher.

"Drag racing is like a sprint between two racers down a straight track. Get the facts on what makes a car a dragster, the rules of drag racing, and what a burnout is and why drivers do it"--Provided by publisher.

When the tech-savvy Storm beats Lightning McQueen in a race, Lightning teams with Cruz and the Legends to train even harder.

Revver the squirrel is now an accepted part of the race team (more or less), but he still has a lot to learn, and when the team travels to the airport for a distant race, Revver wanders into the terminal looking for his friends, and gets lost.

Told in rhyme, Moby Shinobi and his dog Toby volunteer to drive when his friend Jenny's junior race car driver fails to show up, but as usual his enthusiasm ends up in a mess of oil spills, flat tires, and wrong turns--but he redeems himself by repairing the oil leak, and wins the race for Jenny.

"The powers-that-be in auto racing in the 1920s, namely the American Automobile Association's Contest Board, barred everyone who wasn't a white male from the sport. Dewey Gatson, a black man who went by the name Rajo Jack, broke into the epicenter of racing in California, refusing to let the pervasive racism of his day stop him from competing against entire fields of white drivers. Though Rajo Jack spent his whole life striving to reach the pinnacle of the sport, the Indianapolis 500, the greatest race in the world wouldn't have him"--Provided by publisher.

Told in rhyme, Moby Shinobi and his dog Toby volunteer to drive when his friend Jenny's junior race car driver fails to show up, but as usual his enthusiasm ends up in a mess of oil spills, flat tires, and wrong turns--but he redeems himself by repairing the oil leak, and wins the race for Jenny.