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Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
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[2021]
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"No one was surprised when Dale Earnhardt Jr. began his racing career at age seventeen. His father and grandfather were professional racers, and he spent most of his childhood servicing cars at his dad's dealership. Now Dale was ready for his own turn in the driver's seat. He started out racing in the Street Stock division but would go on to win several NASCAR championships before retiring from driving full time in 2017. Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s passion...
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The greatest duel in FORMULA 1 history: the 1976 season between Austrian Niki Lauda and Britain's James Hunt. As the '75 season ended, Hunt was out of FORMULA 1 racing while Lauda was world champion and the odds-on favorite for '76 with a year's contract ahead of him and Enzo Ferrari begging him to sign a multi-year deal. James Hunt, without a drive until Emerson Fittipaldi broke his McLaren contract, grabbed the McLaren drive with both hands and...
3) Race cars
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"Simple text and full color photographs introduce beginning readers to race cars. Developed by literary experts for students in kindergarten through grade 3"--Provided by publisher.
4) Golf
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Learn about the world of golf and how science is helping the game. You'll read about golf clubs, balls, courses, carts, and statistics, and get a better understanding of how golf is improving with science and technology. Also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension. Downloadable Teacher Notes available.
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A detailed guide book of off-road driving in the desert. Tips and practical advice on what to do before considering taking the plunge into the beautiful sport of off road driving. Checklists and detailed graphic descriptions on driving techniques with a predominant sense of safety in order to enjoy the sport. A must have guide for anyone considering a venture into the outdoors with their 4x4.
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Top NASCAR writer and Sirius NASCAR radio personality Jerry Bonkowski answers the questions that get fans most fired up
Who was the greatest NASCAR driver ever? Are crashes good for NASCAR? How will Danica Patrick fare as a NASCAR driver? What are the best and worst NASCAR cities and racetracks?
In Trading Paint, veteran NASCAR writer Jerry Bonkowski gets inside the sport's most contentious issues and gives you fuel for the debates that drive NASCAR...
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The story of Parnelli Jones is, the story of American auto racing. Jones grew up in Torrance, a tough city on the edge of Los Angeles. A teenage love affair with cars turned into a full-blown relationship with adult speed, running hardscrabble races across the country: from jalopies at Carrell Speedway to the dirt track at Ascot Park to sprint cars in the Midwest to the stock circuit in the South. By today's standards, the racing was unbelievable...
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DO YOU KNOW THE STORY OF THE ENERGY DRINK THAT WENT ON TO BECOME THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TEAM IN FORMULA 1? Who could have guessed that an energy drink brand could reign supreme in Formula 1? In 1995, Red Bull thought that the world's biggest motor racing competition perfectly reflected its philosophy: risk, adventure and success beyond the limits. That's why it decided to become part of this great spectacle. Its beginnings were as a sponsor, through...
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With racing, as with almost any pursuit, being the best entails having a clear idea of what the best is--having a mental model that instructs and motivates and inspires. That's where Speed Secrets 6 comes in. Drawing on his extensive experience as a competitive driver and coach, author Ross Bentley helps the aspiring professional and the ambitious amateur develop the mental model that is essential for successful racing. His book reviews the techniques...
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¿CONOCES LOS MEJORES AÑOS DE LA COMPETICIÓN MÁS IMPORTANTE DE RALLY DEL MUNDO? A mediados de los años 80, el Campeonato del Mundo de Rally era ya una realidad y se había convertido en un fenómeno de masas. Las distintas pruebas del campeonato se habían transformado en una tradición anual que hacía disfrutar a los cada vez más aficionados que seguían a estos vehículos capaces de correr al límite sobre asfalto, tierra, grava o nieve…...
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¿CONOCES LOS ORÍGENES Y LOS PRIMEROS AÑOS DE LA COMPETICIÓN MÁS IMPORTANTE DE RALLY DEL MUNDO? En esta recopilación de 2 libros en 1 se reúnen los dos primeros volúmenes de la colección Todo sobre el WRC Rally a Rally de Chad Miller, que abarca desde el origen de la competición hasta mediados de los años 90.Sus orígenes, como en casi todo, no fueron fáciles. En el primer volumen se abordan esos primeros difíciles años, donde aparecieron...
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At 50cm square, 852 pages long and weighing in at 37kg The Official Formula 1 Opus was the biggest book on Formula One racing ever produced. The history of the sport has never been told in such depth, with so many exclusive interviews. The finest writers have been employed to capture the spirit and excitement of the most thrilling sport of them all and now the 300,000 words used to tell this amazing story are available to you in eBook format. The...
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DO YOU WANT TO ENJOY A WALK THROUGH THE HISTORY OF ONE OF THE MOST LEGENDARY CONSTRUCTORS OF THE WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP? Ford is one of the most legendary constructors in the World Rally Championship. Since its participation in the first season of the competition, it has been present in every era and has rarely been absent from any of its editions. Ford began its adventure in the WRC with the Ford Escort, achieving its first victory through Timo...
15) Leading the Way
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It was among the most remarkable and successful rebuilding projects in NASCAR history — turning the most popular driver whose confidence bottomed out amid questionable work habits into an assured and diligent championship contender.
In Leading the Way, Steve Letarte takes readers into the closed-door meetings, the heartfelt conversations in the No. 88 hauler and the after-hours bonding sessions that created the faith and trust necessary to make...
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Here's everything you need to successfully improve your riding whether you are a novice or veteran, cruiser to sportbike rider. This book contains the very foundation skills for any rider looking for more confidence when cornering a motorcycle. Notes and comments by Eddie Lawson. Foreword by Wayne Rainey. A world-wide best seller since it first year of publication, A Twist of the Wrist has been read and re-read by street riders, novice racers and...
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Wouldn't it be wonderful to read a want ad like this:Motorsports Reporter wanted.Qualifications -Must have passion for motorsports, professionalism, dedication, curiosity, some innate basic writing ability, and a desire to learn. No college degree required.Well, it is not as far-fetched as it may seem. While very few can make a living at it, many local tracks and small racing publications are in great need of someone to cover local motorsports tracks....
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This is a history of speedway at the West Ham stadium, from its first-ever dirt track meeting in 1928 to its final season in 1971. Exhaustively researched and supplemented with detailed statistical appendixes, this is a nostalgic but worthy tribute to the track heroes of a bygone era.
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On a cold February day in 1979, when most of the Northeast was snowed in by a blizzard, Nascar entered the American consciousness with a dramatic telecast of the Daytona 500. It was the first 500-mile race to be broadcast live on national television and featured the heroes and legends of the sport racing on a hallowed track. With one of the wildest finishes in sports history--a finish that was just the start of the drama--everything changed for what...
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Motorcyles have long been associated with romantic adventure, freedom, rebelion, and danger. To a certain extent that remains true today, and many still associate motorcycles with images of roving gangs of violent criminals harrasing the "honest, decent local citizens". But that does great injustice to the tens of thousands of riders that travel the highways and byways and back roads. But sadly, too many of the everyday average riders out for a scenic...
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