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by Candice Ransom

STOCK CARS

Lets Roll

FOCUS

READERS

Candice Ransom used to ride on her stepfathers tractor. She loved trips in their

green pickup, and she thinks old cars are the best. When she isnt writing books for

children, she is driving on the back roads of Virginia in her own little red truck.

About the Author

www.northstareditions.com

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 : Nigel Kinrade/NKP/AP Images, cover, 1; Action Sports

Photography/Shutterstock Images, 45, 9, 14, 18, 2223, 25, 29; Wilfredo Lee/

AP Images, 7; Ann Rosener/FSA/OWI Collection/Library of Congress, 1011; AP

Images, 12; Daniel Huerlimann-Beelde/Shutterstock Images, 1617, 21, 2627

ISBN

978-1-63517-052-8 (hardcover)

978-1-63517-108-2 (paperback)

978-1-63517-209-6 (ebook pdf)

978-1-63517-159-4 (hosted ebook)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2016951028

Printed in the United States of America

Mankato, MN

November, 2016

Synched Read-Along Version by:

Triangle Interactive LLC

PO Box 573

Prior Lake, MN 55372

978-1-68444-287-4 (e-book)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1

Making History

CHAPTER 2

Dirt Roads, Fast Cars

CHAPTER 3

Built for Speed

CHAPTER 4

Safer, Faster Stock Cars

HOW IT WORKS

Using Air to Go Faster

Using Air to Go Faster

CHAPTER

Denny Hamlin (11) cuts inside

as Matt Kenseth (20) loses the

lead in the 2016 Daytona

MAKING HISTORY

MAKING HISTORY

Its race day in Daytona Beach,

Florida. The Daytona always

opens the NASCAR racing season.

On this day, February 21, 2016,

stock cars whirl around the track.

The drivers are on the last lap.

They have driven nearly miles

(807 km).

Matt Kenseth speeds around the

first turn. He is in the lead, with

Martin Truex Jr. behind him. Denny

Hamlin is in fourth place.

On the final turn, Hamlin passes

the third-place car. Then he pulls

The first Daytona was in 1958.

Lee Petty won by only feet (0.6 m).

FUN FACT

even with Truex. Hamlin darts left,

and Kenseth falls behind.

Hamlin (11) crosses the finish line a split second

ahead of Truex (78) to win the Daytona

Hamlin and Truex race

side-by-side over the finish line.

Hamlin wins by inches! Its the

closest finish in the history of the

Daytona Hamlin gets out of

his car and raises his fists in the

air. He and his pit crew are ready

to celebrate.

Denny Hamlin beat Martin Truex by

0.001 seconds. Thats three times

faster than the blink of an eye.

FUN FACT

Denny Hamlin celebrates his thrilling

Daytona victory.

CHAPTER

In the early days of stock car racing,

some people modified their engines

to make their cars go faster.

In the 1930s and 1940s, people

raced one another in their own

cars. The cars were called stock

cars because they were bought

from auto dealers. The races

were usually held on dirt roads.

DIRT ROADS,

FAST CARS

Stock cars race at Daytona Beach in

the 1950s.

People showed up to watch cars

tear up these dirt tracks. Stock car

racing was born.

Drivers started to modify their

cars. These changes made the cars

go faster. Promoters sold tickets to

the races. They offered cash prizes

to the winners.

In 1948, the first NASCAR race

was held in Daytona Beach, Florida.

The track was on both the road and

the beach.

FUN FACT

Driver and promoter Bill France

believed stock car racing should

be an organized sport. In 1947, he

created the National Association for

Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR).

Richard Petty, who won the Daytona seven

times, is one of the greatest stock car drivers of

all time.

Under NASCAR rules, races

would have regular schedules.

At the end of the racing season,

one driver would be crowned

national champion.

CLASSES OF

STOCK CARS

In the 1940s, there were two classes of

stock cars. Modified cars were altered

to go faster. Drivers added more powerful

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