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61) Motocross
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32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
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Motocross races are fast, exciting events held on off-road tracks. Thrilling photos capture the action as riders take on whoops, jumps, and gullies.
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"In this engaging title, young readers learn about the moving form of energy that is motion! The relationship of mass and acceleration is explained, as are the forces of downforce, updraft, friction, inertia, centripetal force, and the role of aerodynamics in managing these forces. These properties are illustrated by the running of car races. Colorful infographics make internal combustion, mass and acceleration, and centripetal force easily accessible,...
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McKee, now officially employed by the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau (TPRB), is sent undercover to Saratoga Racetrack to investigate Mars Pizutti, a racehorse trainer whose horses' wins are suspiciously lucky -- and lucrative. Fia's bosses believe Pizutti's success is based on illegal drugs and deceitful methods, and they want Fia to work inside his barn to ferret out the truth. But after witnessing the tragic and inexplicable suicide of a...
67) Vroom!
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 26 cm
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Follows a young girl's imaginary journey as she zooms in a race car past fields and forests to faraway lands before returning home to her own safe bed.
68) Formula One
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
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"Learn about these very fast cars."--From source other than the Library of Congress.
69) To the hilt
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Featuring the gripping plot, dramatic settings and believable characters that readers have come to expect from Dick Francis, To the Hilt displays the master at the top of his form. Alexander Kinloch is definitely the black sheep of his noble family, choosing the precarious life of a painter over a lucrative job in his stepfather's brewery. But when a trusted assistant disappears with millions of pounds, Alexander is reluctantly thrust into a foreign...
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Digby O'Day volume 1
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96 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 19 cm.
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Digby O'Day and Percy are best friends. This daring canine duo can find adventure anywhere , even entering an All-Day Race! Digby is sure he can win, especially with Percy as his co-driver. But when the race starts and Digby and Percy are quickly left in the dust, it seems like they don't stand a chance. They meet peril after peril-- a car that breaks down (and slides back to the edge of a cliff!), a near miss with an oncoming train, and worst of...
71) You can do it!
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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Two alligators challenge each other and themselves as they compete in a race.
72) Dead certainty
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198 pages ; 23 cm.
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A fast-paced mystery set in the cut-throat world of horse-racing: the first in the brand-new Harry Radcliffe series.
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1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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Doctor Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's farm by winning a big horse race. The doctor runs into some problems. The doctor runs a high priced clinic for the well-off who do not have a clue that he has a degree in Veterinary Medicine.
75) Velocity
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Cassica and Shiara have grown up in Coppermouth, a dust choked town in the Outback, but now they hope to use their skills as race driver and mechanic to take on the Widowmaker, an off-road rally through some of the most dangerous places on Earth, to win fame and fortune--provided they survive the race.
77) BMX events
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32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
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Describes BMX competitions, and explains how the events have changed over the years.
78) Dead on course
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198 pages ; 23 cm.
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Champion jump jockey Harry Radcliffe, back in the saddle and race riding again after a severe fall, reckons his life is now on course. But while racing at Market Rasen, he's handed a note sent from Jake Smith, about to be released from prison after serving a sentence for GBH. Jo-Jo, Jake's sister, has died -- and Jake is convinced she was murdered. Because Harry discovered who killed his brother at Leicester race-course, Jake wants him to uncover...
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Secret agent Jack Stalwart volume 8
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118 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
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Can secret agent kid Jack Stalwart save his car-racing hero and the Italian team's chance to win the Monza Grand Prix?
Jack transports to Italy to find out who wants to sabotage race car driver Morgan Parks' chances of winning the Monza Grand Prix.
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