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 town for Race Week, a body is found in a barrel of asphalt next to the Charlotte Motor Speedway. The next day, a NASCAR crew member comes to Temperance Brennan's office at the Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner to share a devastating story. Twelve years earlier, Wayne Gamble's sister, Cindi, then a high school senior and aspiring racer, disappeared along with her boyfriend, Cale Lovette. Lovette kept company with a group of right-wing extremists known as the Patriot Posse.
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9781439102411
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Hardcover
Once Around the Track
By Mccrumb, Sharyn
"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 force Team 86 to hire a male "wheel man." And Badger Jenkins is a man all right--a sweet-faced Georgian who oozes aw-shucks charm off the track and unleashes blistering speed in competition. But the real Badger is a hard man to know. Just ask the women whose job it is to keep both car and driver in one piece. From crew chief and team manager Tuggle to engine specialist Rosalind Manning, publicist Melanie Sark and diehard fan Taran Stiles, this asphalt sisterhood will power through a racing season of dizzying highs and terrifying lows to prove that women can do a man's job.
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9780758207784
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Print book
Adult - Non-Fiction
In the Blink of an Eye
By Waltrip, Michael
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 about all the times hed struggled to stay ahead--and the NASCAR Cup races hed lost without a single win Hed been a race-car driver all his adult life following in the footsteps of his brother Darrell a three-time NASCAR champion And his losing streak was getting more painful every race But this day he knew could be different He was driving for Dale Earnhardt now racing as a team with his close friend and mentor Yet as his car roared toward the finish line ending that losing streak once and for all Waltrip had no clue that the greatest triumph of his life could get mired in terrible tragedy This is the story of that fateful afternoon in Daytona a day whose echoes are still heard today But the story begins years earlier in a small town in Kentucky with a boy who dreamed of racing cars a boy who was determined to go from go-karts to the highest levels of NASCAR For the first time ever Michael Waltrip tells the full revealing story of how he got to Daytona what happened there and the huge impact it had on so many in the racing world He reveals for the first time how his own life changed as he dealt with guilt faced his grief and searched for the fortitude to climb into a race car again Its an inspiring and powerful story told with Michaels trademark humor honesty and irreverence Its a story of family fulfillment and redemption--and well-earned victory in the end.
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9781401324315
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Hardcover
Driving Like Crazy
By O'rourke, P. J.
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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9780802118837
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Hardcover
Earnhardts
By Busbee, Jay
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. Weekends he could be found going pedal to the metal at the dirt tracks, taking on the competition in the early days of box car racing and becoming one of the best short-track drivers in the state. His son, Dale Earnhardt Sr., would become one of the greatest drivers of all time, and his grandson Dale Jr, would become NASCAR's most popular driver of the 2000s. From a simple backyard garage, the Earnhardts reached the highest echelons of professional stock car racing and became the stuff of myth for fans.Earnhardt Nation is the story of this car racing dynasty and the business that would make them rich and famous - and nearly tear them apart. Covering all the white-knuckle races, including the final lap at the Daytona 500 that claimed the life of the Intimidator, Earnhardt Nation goes deep into the fast-paced world of NASCAR, its royal family's obsession with speed, and their struggle with celebrity. Jay Busbee takes us deep inside the lives of these men and women who shaped NASCAR. He delves into their personal and professional lives, from failed marriages to rivalries large and small to complex and competitive father-son relationships that have reverberated through generations, and explores the legacy the Earnhardts struggle to uphold.
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9780062367716
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Print book
NASCAR Now
By Miller, Timothy
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 Fortune 500 companies sponsor NASCAR than any other sport. NASCAR Now is the ultimate guide to this sport, with up-to-the-minute coverage that includes historical data from the earliest stock car races to the lineups for the Nextel Cup. These pages feature vivid full-color action photographs of the races, the cars, the drivers and the crews. Also included are exclusive behind-the-scenes interviews with drivers, and the candid story of how the racing business really works.
Publisher: n/a
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9781554071487
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Paperback
One Helluva Ride
By Clarke, Liz
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 colossus, its races attended by hundreds of thousands of fans on any given weekend from mid-February through mid-November, watched on television by the second-largest viewing audience in sports, and bankrolled by the marketing largesse of the Fortune 500’s elite.One Helluva Ride, a full-throttle account of the rise and reign of NASCAR nation, is award-winning motorsports reporter Liz Clarke’s chronicle of how stock car racing exploded from regional obsession to national phenomenon.
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9780345499882
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Book
Real NASCAR
By Pierce, Daniel S
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. Following NASCAR founder Big Bill France from his start as a mechanic, Real NASCAR details the sport's genesis as it has never been shown before. Pierce not only confirms the popular notion of NASCAR's origins in bootlegging, but also establishes beyond a doubt the close ties between organized racing and the illegal liquor industry, a story that readers will find both fascinating and controversial.Drawing on the memories of a variety of participants--including highly colorful characters like Lloyd Seay, Roy Hall, Gober Sosebee, Smokey Yunick, Bunky Knudsen, Humpy Wheeler, Bobby Isaac, Junior Johnson, and Big Bill France himself--Real NASCAR shows how the reputation for wildness of these racers-by-day and bootleggers-by-night drew throngs of spectators to the tracks in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s.
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9780807833841
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Print book
Speed, Guts, and Glory
By Garner, Joe
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 victory, with Ronald Reagan in attendance as the first president to attend a NASCAR event Jeff Gordons amazing dream season The closest finish in NASCAR history - a mere .002 of a second! Dale Earnhardt Juniors Daytona victory - on the one-year anniversary of his fathers death on the same speedway.
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9780446579889
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Audiobook
The Wildest Ride
By Menzer, Joe
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 the federal agents arrayed against them. For these men, their cars were not merely sources of pride -- they were instruments of survival. Once the loads had been hauled and the moonshine delivered, they did what young men who love their cars have always done: they raced 'em. Kicking up dirt at makeshift tracks throughout the South, they wrecked and rumbled their way into the forefront of American sports. The National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing is their legacy, and in T"he Wildest Ride," Joe Menzer expertly chronicles NASCAR's evolution from the dubious pastime of moonshine runners to a billion-dollar industry, strapping readers into the driver's seat for a run through stock-car racing history.
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9780743205078
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Hardcover
Children
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
By Roza, Greg
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.
Publisher: n/a
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9781404209794
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Book
Stock Cars
By Huddleston, Emma
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.
Publisher: n/a
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9781645190622
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Paperback
Jimmie Johnson
By Miller, Connie Colwell
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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9781617836640
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Library Binding
NASCAR Sprint Cup with Code
By Howse, Jennifer
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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9781619136168
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Library Binding
Tony Stewart
By Armentrout, David
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.
Publisher: n/a
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9781600442216
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Library Binding
Wild Moments of Stock Car Racing
By Weber, M
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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9781515774082
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Library Binding
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
By Fleischman, Bill
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9780791086711
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Adult Fiction
Flash and Bones
By Reichs, Kathy
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 town for Race Week, a body is found in a barrel of asphalt next to the Charlotte Motor Speedway. The next day, a NASCAR crew member comes to Temperance Brennan's office at the Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner to share a devastating story. Twelve years earlier, Wayne Gamble's sister, Cindi, then a high school senior and aspiring racer, disappeared along with her boyfriend, Cale Lovette. Lovette kept company with a group of right-wing extremists known as the Patriot Posse.
Once Around the Track
By Mccrumb, Sharyn
"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 force Team 86 to hire a male "wheel man." And Badger Jenkins is a man all right--a sweet-faced Georgian who oozes aw-shucks charm off the track and unleashes blistering speed in competition. But the real Badger is a hard man to know. Just ask the women whose job it is to keep both car and driver in one piece. From crew chief and team manager Tuggle to engine specialist Rosalind Manning, publicist Melanie Sark and diehard fan Taran Stiles, this asphalt sisterhood will power through a racing season of dizzying highs and terrifying lows to prove that women can do a man's job.
Adult - Non-Fiction
In the Blink of an Eye
By Waltrip, Michael
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 about all the times hed struggled to stay ahead--and the NASCAR Cup races hed lost without a single win Hed been a race-car driver all his adult life following in the footsteps of his brother Darrell a three-time NASCAR champion And his losing streak was getting more painful every race But this day he knew could be different He was driving for Dale Earnhardt now racing as a team with his close friend and mentor Yet as his car roared toward the finish line ending that losing streak once and for all Waltrip had no clue that the greatest triumph of his life could get mired in terrible tragedy This is the story of that fateful afternoon in Daytona a day whose echoes are still heard today But the story begins years earlier in a small town in Kentucky with a boy who dreamed of racing cars a boy who was determined to go from go-karts to the highest levels of NASCAR For the first time ever Michael Waltrip tells the full revealing story of how he got to Daytona what happened there and the huge impact it had on so many in the racing world He reveals for the first time how his own life changed as he dealt with guilt faced his grief and searched for the fortitude to climb into a race car again Its an inspiring and powerful story told with Michaels trademark humor honesty and irreverence Its a story of family fulfillment and redemption--and well-earned victory in the end.
Driving Like Crazy
By O'rourke, P. J.
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.,
Earnhardts
By Busbee, Jay
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. Weekends he could be found going pedal to the metal at the dirt tracks, taking on the competition in the early days of box car racing and becoming one of the best short-track drivers in the state. His son, Dale Earnhardt Sr., would become one of the greatest drivers of all time, and his grandson Dale Jr, would become NASCAR's most popular driver of the 2000s. From a simple backyard garage, the Earnhardts reached the highest echelons of professional stock car racing and became the stuff of myth for fans.Earnhardt Nation is the story of this car racing dynasty and the business that would make them rich and famous - and nearly tear them apart. Covering all the white-knuckle races, including the final lap at the Daytona 500 that claimed the life of the Intimidator, Earnhardt Nation goes deep into the fast-paced world of NASCAR, its royal family's obsession with speed, and their struggle with celebrity. Jay Busbee takes us deep inside the lives of these men and women who shaped NASCAR. He delves into their personal and professional lives, from failed marriages to rivalries large and small to complex and competitive father-son relationships that have reverberated through generations, and explores the legacy the Earnhardts struggle to uphold.
NASCAR Now
By Miller, Timothy
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 Fortune 500 companies sponsor NASCAR than any other sport. NASCAR Now is the ultimate guide to this sport, with up-to-the-minute coverage that includes historical data from the earliest stock car races to the lineups for the Nextel Cup. These pages feature vivid full-color action photographs of the races, the cars, the drivers and the crews. Also included are exclusive behind-the-scenes interviews with drivers, and the candid story of how the racing business really works.
One Helluva Ride
By Clarke, Liz
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 colossus, its races attended by hundreds of thousands of fans on any given weekend from mid-February through mid-November, watched on television by the second-largest viewing audience in sports, and bankrolled by the marketing largesse of the Fortune 500’s elite.One Helluva Ride, a full-throttle account of the rise and reign of NASCAR nation, is award-winning motorsports reporter Liz Clarke’s chronicle of how stock car racing exploded from regional obsession to national phenomenon.
Real NASCAR
By Pierce, Daniel S
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. Following NASCAR founder Big Bill France from his start as a mechanic, Real NASCAR details the sport's genesis as it has never been shown before. Pierce not only confirms the popular notion of NASCAR's origins in bootlegging, but also establishes beyond a doubt the close ties between organized racing and the illegal liquor industry, a story that readers will find both fascinating and controversial.Drawing on the memories of a variety of participants--including highly colorful characters like Lloyd Seay, Roy Hall, Gober Sosebee, Smokey Yunick, Bunky Knudsen, Humpy Wheeler, Bobby Isaac, Junior Johnson, and Big Bill France himself--Real NASCAR shows how the reputation for wildness of these racers-by-day and bootleggers-by-night drew throngs of spectators to the tracks in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s.
Speed, Guts, and Glory
By Garner, Joe
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 victory, with Ronald Reagan in attendance as the first president to attend a NASCAR event Jeff Gordons amazing dream season The closest finish in NASCAR history - a mere .002 of a second! Dale Earnhardt Juniors Daytona victory - on the one-year anniversary of his fathers death on the same speedway.
The Wildest Ride
By Menzer, Joe
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 the federal agents arrayed against them. For these men, their cars were not merely sources of pride -- they were instruments of survival. Once the loads had been hauled and the moonshine delivered, they did what young men who love their cars have always done: they raced 'em. Kicking up dirt at makeshift tracks throughout the South, they wrecked and rumbled their way into the forefront of American sports. The National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing is their legacy, and in T"he Wildest Ride," Joe Menzer expertly chronicles NASCAR's evolution from the dubious pastime of moonshine runners to a billion-dollar industry, strapping readers into the driver's seat for a run through stock-car racing history.
Children
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
By Roza, Greg
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.
Stock Cars
By Huddleston, Emma
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.
Jimmie Johnson
By Miller, Connie Colwell
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:
NASCAR Sprint Cup with Code
By Howse, Jennifer
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
Tony Stewart
By Armentrout, David
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.
Wild Moments of Stock Car Racing
By Weber, M
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
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
By Fleischman, Bill
eBooks available to borrow on Hoopla: https://www.hoopladigital.com/collection/51875