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Flash and Bones

Kathy Reichs - Scribner; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Kathy Reichs - #1 New York Times bestselling author and producer of the FOX television hit Bones - returns with a riveting new novel set in Charlotte, North Carolina, featuring America's favorite forensic anthropologist, Dr. Temperance Brennan. Just as 200,000 fans are pouring into...
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Once Around the Track

Sharyn McCrumb - Kensington
Format: Print book

"McCrumb draws you close, makes you care." --Los Angeles Times Racing fans have never seen anything like it--and they've seen plenty--the first all-women's team in stock-car racing history. Already a national sensation, the spotlight heats up when financial challenges...
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Adult - Non-Fiction

In the Blink of an Eye: Dale, Daytona, and the Day that Changed Everything

Michael Waltrip - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover

There was one lap to go in the Daytona NASCARs most celebrated event Michael Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt Jr were running one-two Juniors legendary dad the driver race fans called xThe Intimidatorx was close behind in third blocking anyone who might try to pass Waltrip couldnt stop thinking...
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Driving Like Crazy: Thirty Years of Vehicular Hell-bending, Celebrating America the Way It's Supposed To Be -- With an Oil Well in Every Backyard, a ... of the Federal Reserve Mowing Our Lawn

P. J. O'Rourke - Atlantic Monthly Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

A collection spanning thirty years, chronicling famed humorist and gearhead P. J. ORourkes love affair with the automobile from mid-twentieth century to now8212from heyday to sickbay.,
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Earnhardts : the saga of nascar's first family.

Jay Busbee - Harpercollins, 2016.
Format: Print book

A colorful, fearless portrait of the larger-than-life first family of NASCAR, the Earnhardts, and the rise of the world's fastest stock car racing organization.More than sixty years ago, Ralph Earnhardt toiled in a cotton mill in his native North Carolina to support his growing family....
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NASCAR Now

Timothy Miller - Firefly Books; 2nd edition
Format: Paperback

Fully updated with new drivers, new teams and new legends. Every year NASCAR attracts six million spectators to racetracks nationwide. The televised races reach 105 million homes, second only to NFL football in the national ratings.The NASCAR website draws 1.5 billion hits a year, and more...
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One Helluva Ride: How NASCAR Swept the Nation

Liz Clarke - Villard; 1ST edition
Format: Book

From its raw beginnings on Southern dirt tracks, NASCAR smacked of a slightly depraved spectacle, as if nothing but trouble could come from the unbridled locomotion of a V8 engine. By the time NASCAR roared into the twenty-first century, it had grown into a billion-dollar sports and marketing...
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Real NASCAR: White Lightning, Red Clay, and Big Bill France

Daniel S Pierce - University of North Carolina Press
Format: Print book

In this history of the stock car racing circuit known as NASCAR, Daniel Pierce offers a revealing new look at the sport from its postwar beginnings on Daytona Beach and Piedmont dirt tracks through the early 1970s when the sport spread beyond its southern roots and gained national recognition....
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Speed, Guts, and Glory: 100 Unforgettable Moments in NASCAR History

Joe Garner - ‎Grand Central Publishing
Format: Audiobook

Stockcar racing is fast becoming Americas most popular spectator sport, and now bestselling author and broadcasting veteran Joe Garner captures the most important moments in NASCAR history, including: Dale Earnhardt, Seniors triumphant Daytona 500 victory King Richard Pettys 200th...
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The Wildest Ride: A History of NASCAR (or How a Bunch of Good Ol' Boys Built a Billion-Dollar Industry out of Wrecking Cars)

Joe Menzer - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

More than half a century ago in the mountain country of the Southeast a uniquely American phenomenon had an unlikely birth. In tricked-out rides on backwater roads, hard-driving good ol' boys trucked barrels of illegal whiskey through the foothills of Appalachia, eluding at every turn...
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Children

Dale Earnhardt Jr.: Nascar Driver (Behind the Wheel)

Greg Roza - Rosen Central
Format: Book

Read about the life and career of racing great, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Includes full-color photographs, table of contents, sidebars, awards, glossary, research sources, bibliography, author profile and index. Chapter Book: 4 chapters.
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Stock Cars

Emma Huddleston - North Star Editions
Format: Paperback

This title introduces readers to the defining characteristics, history, mechanics, and uses of stock cars. The title features engaging infographics, informative sidebars, vivid photographs, and a glossary.
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Jimmie Johnson

Connie Colwell Miller - Sportszone
Format: Library Binding

Book annotation not available for this title.Title: Jimmie JohnsonAuthor: Miller, Connie ColwellPublisher: Abdo GroupPublication Date: 2013/01/01Number of Pages: 32Binding Type: LIBRARYLibrary of Congress:
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NASCAR Sprint Cup with Code

Jennifer Howse - Av2 by Weigl
Format: Library Binding

Book annotation not available for this title.Title: Nascar Sprint CupAuthor: Howse, JenniferPublisher: Weigl Pub IncPublication Date: 2012/08/01Number of Pages: 32Binding Type: LIBRARYLibrary of Congress: 2012021767
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Tony Stewart (In the Fast Lane Discovery Library)

David Armentrout - Rourke Publishing
Format: Library Binding

Learn about Tony Stewart, his early career, his break into the big-league Nextel series and recent racing victories. Includes recent starts, records and pictures of team colors, as well as full-color photographs.
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Wild Moments of Stock Car Racing

M WEBER - Capstone Press
Format: Library Binding

Stock cars are built for bumper-to-bumper high-speed racing. Just a slight loss of control can mean big damage during a stock car race! Learn the details of some of the most intense moments in stock car racing
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Race Car Legends, Collector's Edition)

Bill Fleischman

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