Burn rubber, eat smoke and feel the earth rumble Get to know Sparkie, an old -55 Chevy that is being rescued from the junkyard and becoming a drag racingcar just like her best friend Stockis, a -69 Camaro. Mainly a Childrens book, trying to explain drag racing in an easy way. Contains a lot of pictures that car freaks of all ages will enjoy, especially if you like Classic Chevys.

What compels a young man or woman to spend ungodly amounts of money driving a racecar every weekend at the local track, risking life and limb at 150 miles an hour, entertaining friends and total strangers? Author editorial cartoonist Bob Englehart had to find out after witnessing the tragic wreck that killed Boston-area driver Shane Hammond at Thompson International Speedway. This non-fiction book explores a slice of American culture, the short track racing obsession, and how the author became a fan as a child, bedridden for a year by rheumatic fever with only his imagination, pencils, and watercolors to pass the time. The author writes about his parents' divorces and remarriages during an era when divorce was rare, giving him and his brother Tim a stigma in their neighborhood in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The author discovers the extraordinary motivation behind Shane Hammond's desire to race by a chance encounter with his mother and younger brother in the pits at the last race of the season. Trackrat: Memoir of a Fan is about love of family in spite of the complexity and confusion it may involve and the author's working class heroes on the track. This isn't NASCAR; this is your neighbor.

This "how-to" book seeks to remove the intimidation of learning to ride a motorcycle and shows the reader exactly how easy and enjoyable it can be...no matter what your age. The author began riding at the age of 55 and has already logged over 91,000 miles on a motorcycle. "Riding has become my primary source of recreation," says author Chris Torti, a retired executive of a large non-profit health agency from Austin, Texas. This book will provide the reader with everything he or she needs to know about choosing a motorcycle, learning to ride it safely and properly, how to maintain it, and, most of all, how to stay safe on the roadways and enjoy the ride. The book is short and written in easy-to-understand terms. It is available in paperback, Kindle format, and PDF format for easy downloading.

Forty pages of action with times filled in. The Summit Mountain Hill Climbs of Uniontown, Pennsylvania ran three miles from Hopwood to the top of Summit Mountain. This 1915 program takes you to the mountain with 25,000 onlookers and Indy 500 winner Ralph DePalma. The original program was donated to author, Marci McGuinness, by Gary Cooper of Charleroi, PA. A year after this pro race, coal, auto and film barons joined famed driver (beat DePalma ), Charlie Johnson to build the fastest board track in America, the Uniontown Speedway. Some of the 1915 Summit Mt. Hill Climb Drivers: Denny Hickey - Metz A.D. Spencer - Buick Ralph DePalma - Mercedes Charlie Johnson - Packard Guy Woodward - Ford Joe Dawson - Marmon I.P. Fetterman - Simplex Joe Boyce - Hispanosuiza

The author states and believes he is the best driver he knows. This book simply tells and illustrates how he drives. With this book you can become a driver almost as good as the author, a driver who drives safely and enjoys driving. This book is a driving attitude changer.

On June 17, 2006, unknown part-time driver David Gilliland brought his homemade car and can-do attitude to Kentucky Speedway. With just seven NASCAR starts, his best Nationwide finish was 29th. But that night he achieved one of the sport's greatest upsets ever. Circle of Hope: An Inspiring NASCAR Journey profiles fascinating lesser-known drivers in NASCAR's two top series through joy and triumph, disappointment and defeat. Journalist Deann Alford follows hope-driven stories of Sprint Cup driver David Reutimann; NASCAR legend Morgan Shepherd; ARCA truck champion Brett Rowe; Nationwide driver Eric McClure; and David Gilliland whose spectacular win landed on NASCAR media's ballot for "Race of the Decade." This book offers behind-the-scenes portraits of drivers and those covering the sport, plus vignettes with stars Tony Stewart, Kevin Harvick, Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson, Trevor Bayne and celebrated dirt racer Buzzie Reutimann. Each provided the author with hope amid her own darkest season of grief. Circle of Hope brings refreshing encouragement to those needing hope, no matter their walk, in their own battles of life.

Motorcycle road racing at its highest level attracts a very select band of participants; undeniably brave and skilful, but well aware of the hazards involved in pursuing such a career. Looking back to one hundred years ago, an earlier generation of young men was prepared to accept that same challenge. However any comparison with their spindly machines, practically devoid of suspension and braking systems, to the space-age Moto GP projectiles is quite unrealistic. TT winners, pre-war and post-war feature in this selection of iconic riders, covering the period from the 1920s to the1960s. Also included are the early post-war world champions; Graham, Lomas and many others in decades of great technical and historical interest. The book contains stunning pencil sketches of all the riders.

This book started as a self-serving exercise to personally organize the major details and interesting facts of each Indianapolis 500 over the 100-year history of the greatest race in the world. For many of us passionate racing fans who have attended a multitude of "500s," there is a tendency for the details of the races to (somewhat) blend together. I hope this book will help to provide clarity in this regard, as well as educate. During high school, many of us chose to use CliffsNotes to assist in the education process. This book is somewhat patterned after that concept. It falls somewhere between Donald Davidson and Rick Schaffer's Autocourse Official History of the Indianapolis 500-the best and by far the most detailed book on the history of the Indianapolis 500-and a multitude of pictorial books with limited information. I hope it will prove to be an easy read with entertaining and educational information.

In the title story, Kirk wrenches and wrecks hot rods, and goes to school. Those who recall the 1970s culture of muscle cars and motorcycles will grin at the moto-craziness and the mostly harmless hooliganism of the era. The book is also filled with stories of riding and wrenching those fun-filled hot rods of the two-wheeled variety. Kirk not only describes their mechanical challenges, but also the great rewards granted to those who ride them.