Nascar

by Rachel Eagen

The first stock car races used regular, everyday cars and were often run on rugged tracks. Today NASCAR is one of the world's fastest growing sports and many of its drivers are as famous as movie stars. This supercharged new book features the cars and the people that bring thousands of race fans out every week to over 1,500 races on 100 tracks each year! Young fans will be treated to an in depth look at Florida's Daytona 500, an exciting 500-mile event, known as "the great American race." Topics include - the history of stock car racing - NASCAR divisions and the sport's greatest races - the sport's greatest drivers in mini bios - making it safer using soft wall technology and other measures

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006