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Title details for The Daytona 500 by Nancy Roe Pimm - Available

The Daytona 500

The Thrill and Thunder of the Great American Race

by Nancy Roe Pimm
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Who won the first Daytona 500? What do teams do to prepare their cars for 500 miles of hard, high-speed racing? Who gave the Daytona 500 the nickname the "Great American Race"? Learn all about stock car racing's biggest event and the drivers and crew who make it possible in this fascinating, fact-filled book. 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.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Spectacular Sports

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    January 1, 2011

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

      • ISBN: 9781467770286

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781467770286

    • PDF ebook

      • ISBN: 9781467770286
      • File size: 20561 KB
    Kindle restrictions

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 5.9
    • Lexile® Measure: 910
    • Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    • Text Difficulty: 4-5

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      May 1, 2011

      Gr 5-7-The granddaddy of NASCAR racing gets a spit-and-polish treatment in Pimm's clear, readable text, nicely embellished with plenty of photos. First black-and-white images from the sand days on the beach itself, then the candy-apple reds and panther blacks of today's aerodynamic racing machines spill across the pages. Liberally sprinkled with checkered-flag info boxes on a wide variety of topics ("Dueling at Daytona," "Ditching the Lead," and "Ladies of NASCAR," among them), the text follows the development of NASCAR racing in general and at Daytona in particular. The changing rota of drivers, the rivalries, the tragedies, and the evolution of the simple stock cars to the sleek machines seen on TV are included. A special chapter puts readers behind the wheel with John Andretti as he describes his sensations and actions during a race. While not as heady as the scent of hot engine oil or as dramatic as a 10,000 rpm engine at full throttle, this colorful entry should still have young race fans wheedling for a "Speedweeks" vacation and dreaming of a place in a pit box.-Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY

      Copyright 2011 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • PDF ebook
Kindle restrictions

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:5.9
  • Lexile® Measure:910
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:4-5

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