Race Cars

By Ian Graham

Book Overview

Have you ever wanted to drive a race car? This new edition of 'Race Cars' looks at how the fastest cars on the track are designed, built, and driven. Lined up for inspection are the V8 NASCAR stock cars, the Audi R10 Le Mans sports car, the caged-in supercharged Top Fuel Dragsters. Take a closer look at the McLaren MP4-22 and what its Formula 1 team does to keep it on top. Start your engines. The revised and updated 'Designed for Success' series shows how designers create the very best cars, planes, motorcycles, and other exciting vehicles. It explains the many design challenges that designers and engineers must overcome and the factors they must take into account, such as materials, cost, and new technology.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1432916475
• ISBN13: 9781432916473
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.4" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 9 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 6