Download or read book Big Car Thunder written by Bab Mays and published by . This book was released on 2005-05-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers the great American Fair Circuits of post-World War II, including, the International Motor Contest Association 1946-1962; United Motor Contest Association 1951-1957; United Speedways 1953-1960; Big Car Racing Association 1958-1977 and the National Championship Racing Association 1982-1987.

Download or read book Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing On The Throttle written by Kent Wright and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-01-15 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hot young rookie "Rocket" Rob Wilder has burst onto the racing scene in a big way, but that first Cup victory has still so far eluded him. But finally Victory Lane is in sight. Wilder's leading the pack at Indy in one of the season's biggest races when, in an awful instant, his racing luck and his magical first year in big-time competition takes a sudden, disastrous turn. For the first time in his fledgling career, the amazingly talented driver must confront his own self-doubts . . . and serious injury. Does he have the stomach-and the steel-to fight his way back to the head of the pack? If he does, he will have to prove it on the high banks of Talladega, the world's most intimidating racetrack. The engines are hot. The flag is about to drop. Time for talk is over. If Rob is going to win, he'll have to stay on the throttle.

Download or read book Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing First To The Flag written by Kent Wright and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-07-15 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Rocket Rob" Wilder is enjoying a meteoric rise to the top of the tough Grand National division, pleasing crowds with his showdowns with other young races. But to prove he is the real deal, he'll have to make the jump into the big league--and that means racing and beating Dale Earnhart, Mark Martin, and Jeff Gordon. Author signings.

Download or read book Cars Struck by Lightning written by Disney Books and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before he became a Piston Cup superstar, Lightning McQueen was a car with a dream . . . and a different name! Where did Lightning learn to race? Who was his first sponsor? And where did "Ka-chow!" come from? Struck by Lightning is the story of the world's most famous race car—before the bolt!

Download or read book Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry Puffin Modern Classics written by Mildred D. Taylor and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-04-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Newbery Medal, this remarkably moving novel has impressed the hearts and minds of millions of readers. Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this is the story of one family's struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence in the face of racism and social injustice. And it is also Cassie's story—Cassie Logan, an independent girl who discovers over the course of an important year why having land of their own is so crucial to the Logan family, even as she learns to draw strength from her own sense of dignity and self-respect. * "[A] vivid story.... Entirely through its own internal development, the novel shows the rich inner rewards of black pride, love, and independence."—Booklist, starred review

Download or read book Race Cars written by Derek Zobel and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visit the racetrack in this book to see fast cars compete against each other. Race cars have powerful engines and fearless drivers. Zoom through this book and discover different types of race cars and how they work!

Download or read book How Do Formula One Race Cars Work written by Buffy Silverman and published by Lerner Publications (Tm). This book was released on 2015 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This title offers young readers a look at Formula One race cars, including how they work, the special equipment they need, and how they zoom around the track at blinding speeds.

Download or read book The Daytona 500 written by Nancy Roe Pimm and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn all about stock car racing's biggest event and the drivers and crew who make it possible. You will join in the excitement of forty-three cars running nose-to-tail and side-by-side at almost 200 miles per hour. You'll also discover the rich history of stock car racing and find out why it's one of the most popular sports around.

Download or read book Scarlet Thunder written by Sigmund Brouwer and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trenton suspects that someone is sabotaging the documentary about stock-car racing that he is helping his uncle film.

Download or read book Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing White Lightning written by Kent Wright and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pedal meets the metal in Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing--the thrilling series from Kent Wright and Don Keith that traces the history of stock car racing from the dusty dirt tracks of East Tennessee to the multi-million-dollar, high-tech venues of today. "You know how it feels...the power of the motors vibrating in your chest, stunning your ears, your heart pumping in your throat, the grit of spent tire rubber in your mouth. You know how it feels from the grandstand? Just imagine how it feels to the ole boy behind the wheel of one of those monsters. Just imagine!" It's the mid-1950s, and Elvis is King. Jodell Bob Lee has been raised up in his grandfather's moonshine business. But the boy dreams of something much bigger than clawing out a living on a dirt farm and outrunning federal revenuers. He dreams of racing stock cars. It only takes a few races before Jodell is hooked, and before long he and his mechanic cousin, Joe Baker, and best friend, Bubba Baxter, are facing the like of Junior Johnson, Ned Jarrett, and Lee Petty. His motto: always finish first, no matter what. The explosion of stock car racing as the number one spectator sport in America roars to life in White Lightning, the pedal-to-the-metal story of Jodell Lee's triumphant rise to fame and fortune. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Gold Thunder written by Rex White and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-07-07 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chevrolet fans were wishing for a hero and Rex White made their dreams come true. He took on big muscle cars and eventually won both the 1960 Winston Cup Championship and the Driver of the Year title and was selected as one of NASCAR's Top Fifty Driving Champions. This autobiography is the story of his struggle. Set against the rough and tumble days of early racing history, it gives insight into the sometimes humorous and sometimes tragic experiences of motor sports pioneers. The autobiography also contains information gained through interviews with other racing professionals, including personal stories from NASCAR greats Junior Johnson and Ned Jarrett. The book is well illustrated.

Download or read book Modern Thunder written by Dave Argabright and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-05 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Race Car Crew Chief written by Susan Koehler and published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To Young To Drive? Then Be A Race Car Crew Chief In This Graphic Illustrated, High Interest Book.

Download or read book Thunder and Lightning written by and published by RH/Disney. This book was released on 2006 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lightning McQueen is the flashy rookie race car who is determined to win the big race. Only two things stand in his way--the reigning champion, The King, and the cheating Chick Hicks. All three are fast, but which one is fast enough to win the Piston Cup?"--Cover back.

Download or read book The Flame written by Olive Wadsley and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Thunder Road written by Ted Dawe and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Which street racer really controls the strip? An award-winning YA novel full of fast cars, burn-offs and an unwritten code of loyalty. 'Thunder Road' . You find it in any city after the cops are in bed. It's where street racers go to test their machines - and their nerve. For me it was ... the steep rising pitch of the turbo, the screaming tyres and curtain of white smoke hanging behind me: all the stuff that spells street racing.' Trace is 19 and has grown out of small-town ways. He's hungry for more. In Auckland he hooks up with Devon, a guy with the Midas touch, who introduces Trace to burn-offs, big city style. Soon everything is smoking. There is a code with drivers: you don't criticise and you don't show fear. When Trace falls for a girl even Devon says is out of his league, loyalties are stretched. Then Devon hits on a scheme for hauling in cash. Soon enough he and Trace find out who really controls the strip. As the underworld closes in, it looks like their friendship is heading for burn-out. Menacing and suspenseful - a gripping novel from a remarkable talent which won the of the NZ Post Children's Book Awards Young Adult Fiction category in 2004.

Download or read book The Thunder and Lightning Series written by John Varley and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 1183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Red Thunder, Red Lightning, and Rolling Thunder—“action-packed, science-packed homages to Heinlein’s best work”—now in one volume (Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing). Enjoy all three novels in Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author John Varley’s Mars saga! Red Thunder As Chinese and US spacecraft compete to be the first to land on Mars, a former astronaut, his cousin, and four teens from Florida have a chance to beat them both—thanks to an inventive new power source that can propel them to the Red Planet within three days. No guts, no glory . . . Red Lightning Son of one of the first men on Mars, Ray Garcia-Strickland is over the Red Planet and its gravity-dependent tourists. And when an unknown object hits Earth and causes a massive tsunami, he’ll get his own chance at interplanetary adventure . . . Rolling Thunder Stationed on one of Jupiter’s moons, Podkayne, a Martian navy lieutenant and daughter of Ray Garcia-Strickland, is finally realizing her dream of being a singer when disaster strikes. Put into a state of suspended animation, she awakens ten years later to face her—and humanity’s—greatest challenge . . . Praise for the Thunder and Lightning Series “Superior science fiction.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer “Fast paced . . . engaging characters.” —Rocky Mountain News “Much more than a simple adventure story, full of poignant moments and relevant social commentary.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review “The heart-pounding space race is on . . . in this riveting SF thriller . . . with hilarious, well-drawn characters, extraordinary situations presented plausibly, plus exciting action and adventure.” —Publishers Weekly