Download or read book Demolition Derby Cars written by Jeff Savage and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2003 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an overview and history of demolition derbies. Also includes information on the type of cars used in these competitions.
Download or read book Demolition Derby Cars written by Mandy R. Marx and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2006 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses demolition derbies, their main features, and how derby cars compete.
Download or read book Demolition Derby written by Brian Howell and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever seen a car crash? How about dozens of car crashes all at the same time? At demolition derbies, you'll see drivers ram their cars into one another until only one car remains moving. Crowds roar and cheer as hoods and doors and other car parts fly through the air. Enter the Dirt and Destruction Sports Zone to learn about the history, gear, rules, strategies, and the top drivers connected to demolition derby. You'll learn: ? What makes a great demolition derby vehicle. ? How drivers look for hits and avoid getting smashed by other cars. ? Who popularized the sport in the United States. ? Where the biggest derby took place. Are you into sports? Then get in the zone!
Download or read book Crash Burn Love written by Bill Lowenburg and published by Back Street Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demolition derbies began in the late 1950s and today an estimated one million fans attend the 1,500 to 2,500 or more demolition derbies held around the United States each year. This book details both the public and private side of a wildly popular yet little understood American sport.
Download or read book The Smash up Crash up Derby written by Tres Seymour and published by Orchard Books (NY). This book was released on 1995 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While visiting the fair, a child describes the most exciting event -- the demolition derby and its surprise winner.
Download or read book Motorsports and American Culture written by Mark D. Howell and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-04-10 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soon after the first automobiles were introduced in the United States, auto racing became a reality. Since that time, motorsports have expanded to include drag racing, open wheel racing, rallying, demolition derbies, stock car racing, and more. Motorsports have grown to such an extent that NASCAR is now the second most watched professional sport in America, behind only football. But motorsports are about much more than going fast and finishing first. These events also reflect our culture, our society, our values, and our history. In Motorsports and American Culture: From Demolition Derbies to NASCAR, Mark D. Howell and John D. Miller bring together essays that examine the relevancy of motorsports to American culture and history, from the late nineteenth century to the present. Addressing a wide spectrum of motorsports—such as stock car racing, demolition derbies, land speed record pursuits, and even staged train wrecks—the essays highlight the social and cultural implications of contemporary and historical moments in these sports. Topics covered include gender roles in motorsports, hot rods and the creation of fan and participant identities, the appeal of demolition derbies, the globalization of motorsports, the role of moonshine in stock car history, the economic relationship between NASCAR and its corporate sponsors, and more. Offering the most thorough study of motorsports to date from a diverse pool of disciplines and subjects, Motorsports and American Culture will appeal to motorsports and automobile enthusiasts, as well as those interested in American history, popular culture, sports history, and gender studies.
Download or read book Derby written by Ken Graves and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Outamind written by Clinton Mayland and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-07 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demolition Derby & figure 8 racing coloring book with 53 hand drawn pages of cars and trucks of all kinds & design's to color in. Fun for kids and adult kids alike!
Download or read book Why We Drive written by Matthew B. Crawford and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-06-09 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant and defiant celebration of driving as a unique pathway of human freedom, by "one of the most influential thinkers of our time" (Sunday Times) "Why We Drive weaves philosophers, thinkers, and scientific research with shade-tree mechanics and racers to defend our right to independence, making the case that freedom of motion is essential to who we are as a species. ... We hope you'll read it." —Road & Track Once we were drivers, the open road alive with autonomy, adventure, danger, trust, and speed. Today we are as likely to be in the back seat of an Uber as behind the wheel ourselves. Tech giants are hurling us toward a shiny, happy “self-driving” future, selling utopia but equally keen to advertise to a captive audience strapped into another expensive device. Are we destined, then, to become passengers, not drivers? Why We Drive reveals that much more may be at stake than we might think. Ten years ago, in the New York Times-bestselling Shop Class as Soulcraft, philosopher-mechanic Matthew B. Crawford—a University of Chicago PhD who owned his own motorcycle shop—made a revolutionary case for manual labor, one that ran headlong against the pretentions of white-collar office work. Now, using driving as a window through which to view the broader changes wrought by technology on all aspects of contemporary life, Crawford investigates the driver’s seat as one of the few remaining domains of skill, exploration, play—and freedom. Blending philosophy and hands-on storytelling, Crawford grounds the narrative in his own experience in the garage and behind the wheel, recounting his decade-long restoration of a vintage Volkswagen as well as his journeys to thriving automotive subcultures across the country. Crawford leads us on an irreverent but deeply considered inquiry into the power of faceless bureaucracies, the importance of questioning mindless rules, and the battle for democratic self-determination against the surveillance capitalists. A meditation on the competence of ordinary people, Why We Drive explores the genius of our everyday practices on the road, the rewards of “folk engineering,” and the existential value of occasionally being scared shitless. Witty and ingenious throughout, Why We Drive is a rebellious and daring celebration of the irrepressible human spirit.
Download or read book Omaha Sketchbook written by Gregory Halpern and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the last fifteen years, Gregory Halpern has been photographing in Omaha, Nebraska, steadily compiling a lyrical, if equivocal, response to the American Heartland. In loosely-collaged spreads that reproduce his construction-paper sketchbooks, Halpern takes pleasure in cognitive dissonance and unexpected harmonies, playing on a sense of simultaneous repulsion and attraction to the place. Omaha Sketchbook is ultimately a meditation on America, on the men and boys who inhabit it, and on the mechanics of aggression, inadequacy, and power.
Download or read book Calling All Cars written by Sue Fliess and published by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This bouncy text explores the wonderful world of cars zipping up, down, fast, and slow. And at the end of the day it's bedtime for these busy cars"--
Download or read book Rock Crawling written by Patrick Hueller and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that some drivers go over boulders instead of around them? Rock crawling vehicles have huge wheels that can grip rocks and help the cars climb steep slopes. The sport is all about precise driving. At rock crawling events, you might see cars crossing wide chasms, driving down steep slopes, and finding the best way around tough obstacles. Sometimes you'll even see cars tumble end over end down a hill! Enter the Dirt and Destruction Sports Zone to learn about the history, strategies, competition rules, and the best drivers connected to rock crawling. You'll learn: ? When and where the first-ever rock crawling competition took place. ? What tools and strategies the drivers and spotters use to overcome obstacles. ? Why rock crawlers try to get the lowest score possible. ? How to stay safe in a vehicle perched on the edge of an enormous boulder. Are you into sports? Then get in the zone!
Download or read book The Automobile and American Life 2d ed written by John Heitmann and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now revised and updated, this book tells the story of how the automobile transformed American life and how automotive design and technology have changed over time. It details cars' inception as a mechanical curiosity and later a plaything for the wealthy; racing and the promotion of the industry; Henry Ford and the advent of mass production; market competition during the 1920s; the development of roads and accompanying highway culture; the effects of the Great Depression and World War II; the automotive Golden Age of the 1950s; oil crises and the turbulent 1970s; the decline and then resurgence of the Big Three; and how American car culture has been represented in film, music and literature. Updated notes and a select bibliography serve as valuable resources to those interested in automotive history.
Download or read book Rant written by Chuck Palahniuk and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2008-05-06 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buster “Rant” Casey just may be the most efficient serial killer of our time. A high school rebel, Rant Casey escapes from his small town home for the big city where he becomes the leader of an urban demolition derby called Party Crashing. Rant Casey will die a spectacular highway death, after which his friends gather the testimony needed to build an oral history of his short, violent life. With hilarity, horror, and blazing insight, Rant is a mind-bending vision of the future, as only Chuck Palahniuk could ever imagine.
Download or read book 90 Days of Different written by Eric Walters and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Key Selling Points This coming-of-age novel follows a girl's quest to make her life more interesting after she is broken up with on the last day of high school for being too boring. High school is over, her 90 days before university start now. 90 Days of Differentexplores themes of boundaries, social media and finding yourself. This best-selling novel is now available in paperback for the first time. Author Eric Walters is a tireless presenter and speaks to over 100,000 students per year. Best-selling, award-winning author Eric Walters has published over 100 books and has been named a Member of the Order of Canada.
Download or read book Hurley from the Beginning written by Hurley Haywood and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Limited, numbered, and signed edition of the autobiography of Porsche endurance racing driver Hurley Haywood. Hurley Haywood is recognized as America's most successful endurance racing driver, having won Le Mans three times, the Daytona 24 Hours five times, and the Sebring 12 hours twice, all in Porsches. 420 pages with over 650 photographs.
Download or read book Demolition Derbies written by Clausen-Grace and published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes Demolition Racing. Readers Learn About The Vehicles That Are Raced And Then Demolished, Safety Issues, And How To Get Involved.
