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.
Explores the science behind NASCAR racing, looking at the technologies used to perfect the design and mechanics of the vehicles; discusses the qualities NASCAR teams look for when selecting a driver; and examines the business end of NASCAR.
Follows the life of the tennis star who became the youngest winner of a Grand Slam title in over 100 years, from her childhood in Yugoslavia through the traumatic attack during at a match in Germany in 1993 to her comeback in 1995.