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Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A gritty, voice-driven thriller about a former getaway driver who thought he had escaped the criminal life who is pulled back in by race, poverty, and his own former life of crime. Beauregard "Bug" Montage is a man with many different titles: husband, father, friend, honest car mechanic. But before he gave it up, Bug used to be known from the hills of North Carolina to the beaches of Florida as the best Wheel Man on the East Coast. After a series...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Nearing the end of his life, Enzo, a dog with a philosopher's soul, tries to bring together the family, pulled apart by a three year custody battle between daughter Zoe's maternal grandparents and her father Denny, a race car driver.
3) Hot finish
Author
Series
Fast track (Erin McCarthy) volume 3
Publisher
Berkley Sensation
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Editorial Planeta Mexicana
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
La historia del mejor piloto Mexicano de Fórmula 1 de todos los tiempos. En 2021, Checo Pérez hizo historia: se convirtió en el segundo piloto mexicano en ganar dos Grandes Premios de F1 y el primero en participar en más de 200 carreras de la máxima categoría. Nunca te rindas es el relato de su extraordinario recorrido en las pistas: el niño que desde antes de los 12 años era uno con el volante; el piloto que en las calles de Mónaco burló...
Author
Publisher
Oni Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Based on the true story of the first African American NASCAR champion Wendell Scott, Born Driven is an uplifting tale celebrating the power of persistence and big dreams. Like many other boys, Wendell Scott had a big dream: to become a race car driver. He loved to race anything and everything! Although he faced many difficulties as an African American boy in the South, Wendell had the willpower to overcome these obstacles. Join Wendell Scott for...
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Racing Driver is a thrill-a-minute training course that shows children how the worlds fastest racing cars are driven. The book is divided into three types of spread that encourage the child to imagine speeding around the track and becoming a racing champion. Driving school looks at the engineering and science of driving. On the track puts the child behind the wheel in a variety of high-speed cars, including stock cars, Formula 1 cars and sports racers....
9) Metro girl
Author
Series
Alexandra Barnaby novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her not-so-bright brother Wild Bill, a boat captain, goes missing in Florida, Barney takes up the search. Apart from the sunburn and humidity-induced bad hair, Barney also has to deal with Sam Hooker, whose missing boat might lead to Wild Bill.
Author
Publisher
Octane Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Winning came naturally to Al Unser Jr. Born into a racing family, he had a gift for finding the fast line on the track. By the time he was nine years old, he could draw the quickest way through the corner on paper and intuitively apply his sketch while on the go-kart track. By his teen years, the innate sense for the fast way made him unstoppably quick when he was racing through the woods on a snowmobile, on a dirt track, in a sprint car, or on a...
12) Wendell Scott
Author
Publisher
Rourke Educational Media, a division of Carson Dellosa Education
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Explore the life of Wendell Scott, one of the first African American NASCAR drivers and first African American to win a race in the Grand National Series."--
Author
Series
Driven novels volume 4
Publisher
Signet Select
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Escaping to the beachside cottage she has been promised, Getty Caster is forced to share it with racing champion Zander Donavan and as their incessant fighting turns into undeniable passion, their pasts come crashing back, setting off a chain reaction that changes everything.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this gripping narrative from one of professional sports' most beloved figures, Earnhardt shares stories from his journey: how his career and his injury have transformed him, how he made the decision to retire at the end of the 2017 season after eighteen years behind the wheel, and what lies ahead for him in the next chapter of his life. There is no second-guessing and no regrets from Driver #88. He simply wants to go out on his own terms and make...
17) Ayrton Senna
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Little Ayrton couldn't keep still and was happiest behind the wheel of a go-kart-- or his father's car. He practiced hard through rain or shine to become World Champion of Formula One. Voted as one of the best Formula One drivers of all time, Senna also gave back to those in his home country, Brazil. His legacy lives on every time the engines start on a racing track. This inspiring story of the racing legend's life features a fact and photo section...
Author
Series
Harlequin presents volume 3966
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises ULC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
For over a year, King Lucca has been haunted by the disappearance of Delphine Alexander from his life and bed. Having tracked her down, he can finally lay his family's scandalous past to rest... if she agrees to his plan. Delphie needs Lucca's help to save her car-racing team, but the cost is high. A month playing the golden couple for the cameras will see them hurtling toward an inevitable fiery clash--as she's set alight by his touch and comes closer...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"An insider account and history of the NASCAR world from one of its biggest stars, Kyle Petty. No one knows NASCAR-with all its drama, controversy, and excitement-like Kyle Petty does. Swerve or Die is the smart NASCAR book that's never been written before, a real insider's account of exactly how stock-car racing got to be so controversial and how its Southern-bred worldview is shaking American life yet again. Kyle Petty, a third generations racer,...
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