pit crews

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.

Revver the squirrel dreams of being a race car driver--or at least a member of the pit crew--but his squirrel survival lessons have taught him nothing about engines.

Explores the science and math of car racing, discussing such topics as fuel, octane levels, friction, air pressure, car and tire design, and pit stop times, and includes experiments.

Explains what the pit crew and crew chief of a NASCAR team do before and during a race and describes significant teams such as Richard Childress Racing and Joe Gibbs Racing.

Describes the work done by various members of a NASCAR team, including owners and managers, mechanics and specialists, fabricators, drivers, and pit crew workers.

Owner and crew chief for Rex White, Louie Clements traveled the NASCAR racing circuit from 1957 to 1965 with his family and innovated many mechanical devices still used in NASCAR today. This book is full of stories about NASCAR's early era and accompanied by many never-before-seen photos from Clements' personal collection.

Briefly introduces the job of a race car crew chief through the story of a young girl who gets to be junior crew chief for the day at a NASCAR race.

Explores the science behind NASCAR racing, looking at how people and technology work together behind the scenes to make races happen.

Describes how pit crew members change four tires, fill a fuel cell, and make crucial adjustments to a car--all in less than 15 seconds.

Describes the work done by various members of a NASCAR team, including owners and managers, mechanics and specialists, fabricators, drivers, and pit crew workers.