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DRAGSTERS

by Wendy Hinote Lanier

Lets Roll

by Wendy Hinote Lanier

FOCUS

READERS

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Copyright 2017 by North Star Editions, Lake Elmo, MN 55042. All rights

reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any

means without written permission from the publisher.

Produced for North Star Editions by Red Line Editorial.

Photographs : Jeff Speer/Icon Sportswire/AP Images, cover, 1; Juerg

Schreiter/Shutterstock Images, 45; Sam Sefton/iStockphoto, 7; Action Sports

Photography/Shutterstock Images, 9, 18; AP Images, 1011, 12; Michael Stokes/

Shutterstock Images, 14, 29; Phillip Rubino/Shutterstock Images, 1617, 2223;

Mike Brake/Shutterstock Images, 20; Manfred Steinbach/Shutterstock Images, 25;

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ISBN

978-1-63517-048-1 (hardcover)

978-1-63517-104-4 (paperback)

978-1-63517-205-8 (ebook pdf)

978-1-63517-155-6 (hosted ebook)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2016951020

Printed in the United States of America

Mankato, MN

November, 2016

Wendy Hinote Lanier is a native Texan and former elementary teacher who writes

and speaks to children and adults on a variety of topics. She is the author of more

than 20 books for children and young people. Some of her favorite people are dogs.

About the Author

978-1-68444-282-9 (e-book)

Synched Read-Along Version by:

Triangle Interactive LLC

PO Box 573

Prior Lake, MN 55372

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1

Race to the Finish

CHAPTER 2

Drag Racing History

CHAPTER 3

Dragster Basics

CHAPTER 4

Dragsters Today

HOW IT WORKS

Dry Clutches

CHAPTER

RACE TO THE FINISH

Dragster drivers spin

their tires before every

race.

Two dragsters move to the staging

area. Their tires scream as the

drivers spin them on the concrete

to heat the rubber. The heated

rubber improves the tires grip.

Then the cars move to the

starting line.

When both cars are staged,

drivers see three amber lights. Then

comes the green light. The drivers

hit the accelerators. The cars speed

down the strip. Four seconds later,

they cross the finish line.

The series of lights that start a drag

race is called a Christmas tree.

FUN FACT

A tall set of lights tells drivers when to

start.

The drivers apply the brakes

and release the parachutes. The

parachutes pop out in a flash of

color. The drivers ease the cars off

the track and onto the return road.

Slowly, the drivers make their way

back to the pit after stopping

ELIMINATION

ROUNDS

Most drag racing events are a series of

elimination rounds. The winner of each

round advances to the next. The final race is

between the two cars with the best times.

to receive their time slips. The slips

tell who is going home and who will

move on to the next race.

Parachutes help drivers slow down when the race

is over.

A man waves a flag to

begin a drag race in the

1950s.

During World War II (19391945),

factories were busy making

vehicles for the war. There were

few cars to buy. After the war, cars

went back into production.

DRAG RACING

HISTORY

CHAPTER

A dragsters front wheels come off the ground

during a race in 1961.

The new car engines were

more powerful. Car owners raced

one another on dry lakebeds

and two-lane roads. The races

were not legal, but they became

very popular.

The first organized drag races

happened in 1949. In each race,

two cars began from a complete

stop called a standing start.

The cars covered a distance of

0.25 miles (0.40 km). The goal was

to reach the finish line in the fastest

time. This is known as elapsed time.

FUN FACT

Police were happy when drag racing

moved to drag strips. It meant races

were legal, safer, and off the streets.

In 1950, the first commercial

drag strip opened. Within a year,

the editor of Hot Rod magazine,

Wally Parks, created the National

Hot Rod Association (NHRA).

Flames shoot out of a dragsters exhaust when the

car accelerates.

Today, the NHRA sets safety

rules and race standards. The

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