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1) Race day!
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines! The driver zips up her jumpsuit and squeezes through her racecar window. Engines rev. Tires SCREECH and SQUEAL...and they're off! Around and around the cars go VVVRRRROMMMMM! Pit stops! CRASHES! POPPED tires! Race to the finish line...and the checkered flag SNAPS down. Race day roars into life in this breathless book. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit natgeoed.org/commoncore for
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
They were the unlikeliest of heroes. Rene Dreyfus, a former top driver on the international racecar circuit, had been banned from the best European teams-and fastest cars-by the mid-1930s because of his Jewish heritage. Charles Weiffenbach, head of the down-on-its-luck automaker Delahaye, was desperately trying to save his company as the world teetered toward the brink. And Lucy Schell, the adventurous daughter of an American multi-millionaire, yearned...
3) Race forever
Author
Series
Choose your own adventure volume 7
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
You are a race car driver alone in Africa where the course is tough, hazardous, and risky, with unscrupulous competitors. Floods, elephants and local guerrillas are nothing compared to the drivers who will do anything to win. The race course you choose may spell the beginning or end of your career.
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Wealthy Rowland Sinclair, an artist with leftist friends and a free-wheeling lifestyle, reluctantly agrees to a charity race. He'll drive his beloved yellow Mercedes on the Maroubra Speedway, renamed the Killer Track for the lives it has claimed. His teammates are a young Errol Flynn and the well-known driver Joan Richmond. It's all good fun. But then people start to die... The body of a journalist covering the race is found murdered in a House of...
6) Cars 3
Publisher
Disney/Pixar
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is suddenly pushed out of the sport he loves. To get back in the game, he will need the help of an eager young race technician with her own plan to win, inspiration from the late Fabulous Hudson Hornet, and a few unexpected turns. Proving that #95 isn't through yet will test the heart of a champion on Piston Cup Racing's biggest stage!
"No matter how slack the...
7) Race cars
Author
Publisher
Usborne
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Open this fact-packed book to discover the secrets of speed, from how an engine works to what happens at a pit stop. Read up on stock cars and rally cars. Includes a fold out and detailed map of a Formula One race track in Monaco. Presents information about race cars, including the different types of cars, the tracks where the races are held, and the safety measures taken to prevent injuries to drivers.
9) Auto racers
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Educational Media
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Daring and Dangerous: Auto Racers for grades 4-8 introduces young readers to the exciting world of professional auto racing. From NASCAR to Formula 1 and everything in between, the 32 fact- and photo-filled pages of this book offer readers an opportunity to learn about the history of racing and what it takes to be a part of this daring and dangerous sport." --
10) Death race 2000
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
In the year 2000, hit and run has become the national sport. In a no-holds-barred cross-country race, the aim is to kill off not only your opponents, but as many pedestrians as possible.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is suddenly pushed out of the sport he loves. To get back in the game, he will need the help of an eager young race technician with her own plan to win, inspiration from the late Fabulous Hudson Hornet, and a few unexpected turns.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Just before high noon on May 30th, 1964, the Indy 500 stopped for the first time in history. Seven cars had crashed in a fiery accident, killing two drivers, and threatening the very future of the 500. In this tight, fast-paced narrative, Art Garner expertly reconstructs the events, circumstances, and fatal decisions leading up to the sport's blackest day. Recalling a bygone era when drivers lived hard, raced hard, and at times died hard, Black Noon...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When a Princess learns from her Fairy Godmother that she is in last place in a car race against such fairy tale notables as Humpty Dumpty, the Three Bears, and Rumpelstiltskin, she boldly rebuffs defeat and steps on the gas.
19) Senna
Publisher
ARC Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Spanning his years as a Formula One racing driver from 1984 to his untimely death a decade later, Senna explores the life and work of the triple world champion, his physical and spiritual achievements on the track, his quest for perfection and the mythical status he has since attained.
20) Race!
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Cars line up for the Winner's Cup, and with one car smaller than the rest, they all speed down mountains, by waterfalls, through tunnels, and past landslides to the finish line.
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