automobile racing

Amazing photographs of these Formula 1 racers take readers right into the pits for an up-close view of these amazing machines and their courageous drivers.

Describes some of the fastest cars in the world, including stock, Indy, and drag race cars and the land-speed record holder, the Bloodhound. Includes information about street racing, the Le Mans 24-hour race, and the Paris-Dakar Rally.

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.

Examines the background and history of car racing and the construction, operation, and maintenance of the vehicles used.

This book introduces drag racing, describing some of these blazing fast vehicles and the people who drive them.

This book describes dragsters, fast race cars with powerful engines, explaining how they race on straight tracks called drag strips, how drivers wear special gear to stay safe, and how some dragsters have parachutes to help them slow down.

Simple text and photographs introduce race cars.

Contains photographs and descriptions of different types of race cars, and includes information on what race cars are, what they look like, who drives them, and where races are held.

Describes in countdown format ten of the world's fastest cars, covering each one's horsepower, top speed, and special features.

Describes fourteen of the fastest race cars in the world and how it feels to drive them.