Nancy Roe Pimm

Who won the first Daytona 500? What do teams do to prepare their cars for 500 miles of hard, high-speed racing? Who gave the Daytona 500 the nickname the "Great American Race"? Learn all about stock car racing's biggest event and the drivers and crew who make it possible in this fascinating, fact-filled book. You will join in the excitement of forty-three cars running nose-to-tail and side-by-side at almost 200 miles per hour. You'll also discover...

"In this biography for middle-grade readers, Nancy Roe Pimm tells the story of Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock, the first woman to fly solo around the world. In her trusty Cessna, The Spirit of Columbus-also known as Charlie-she traveled from Columbus, Ohio, on an eastward route that totaled nearly twenty-three thousand miles and took almost a month. Overcoming wind, ice, mechanical problems, and maybe even sabotage, Mock persevered. Mock caught the aviation...

A look at the history and excitement of "the Crown Jewel" of auto racing, the Indianapolis Five Hundred, including the history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the development of "Indy cars."

"A history from the Civil War onward of the partnership between military dogs and their human companions. Describes the evolving relationship as the dogs' skills are discovered and exploited by their handlers, and the U.S. military's changing policy toward the dogs."-- Provided by publisher.