Customer Reviews

Nascar (DK Eyewitness Books)

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"NASCAR stands for the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. Founded in 1948 to give an official structure to the many races happening throughout the south, NASCAR has been growing steadily ever since. Today, there are NASCAR fans in every state and across the globe."

I've always been fascinated by the speed of the Pit Crew members and I find that to be one of the most exciting parts of the car races. This book covers so much more:

The Birth of NASCAR
NASCAR through the years - see how the sport changed every decade
The anatomy of a stock car
Step-by-Step guide - Building a Stock Car
Biographies of NASCAR stars - Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon
The Importance of colors, numbers and flags.
NASCAR Fans and Souvenirs
Daytona 500
What does the Pit Crew do and what does a driver wear for safety?
Lists of Fascinating Facts
Questions and Answer Section
Record Breakers
Who's Who in the World of Racing
Glossary for terms like downforce and slingshot.

If you have ever wondered how one of these cars can crash and roll and the driver survives, it is interesting to see how the car is built with firewalls and a roll cage.

For children interested in building engines, there is detailed information on how engines work, complete with detailed diagrams and pictures of real engines.

Other books in the Eyewitness Books Collection:

CAR
TRAIN
SPORTS
TECHNOLOGY
OLYMPICS
MEDIA & Communication
FOOTBALL
FORCE & MOTION
INVENTION

~The Rebecca Review

Our 6-year-old recently took an interest in NASCAR and wanted to learn as much about it as possible. We found this book at our library and he never went anywhere without it, so we ended up purchasing a copy. Not knowing much about the sport ourselves, my husband and I also found it a good way to learn the basics of NASCAR racing--it is very comprehensive--from the way the cars are designed to the safety gear on the cars and that the drivers wear, from the types of tracks to the most skilled racers of the past and present and more... Overall very informative--lots of information.

We purchased this book for our 4 1/2 year old who loves Nascar. This book was great. It kept his attention and he looks at it every day. We love DK Eyewitness Books.

My family has enjoyed the Eyewitness series of books. This book contains tons of interesting facts on NASCAR and its most popular drivers. Typical of Eyewitness Books, they are not smooth or continuous reading, so I find it not the best book to read for bedtime. Overall, it's really fun to read together and learn!

The photos are great to look at. Some info about Dale Earnhardt was incorrect - he did not drive his Wrangler car to his first championship. Overall, okay book for the price.

All of the Eyewitness books are awesome, and if you like Nascar (or, like us, any race cars), this is probably your best bet.

Got this book for my young son. He loves race cars and this book gives him a lot to learn and look at. Unfortunately, the way NASCAR changes logos and sponsors, the driver info becomes out of date quick. The history lesson of the sport is great, though.

The book is an entertaining enough introduction to stock car racing, and our son enjoys reading and tracing pictures of cars out of the book. But to my mind, it falls far below the standard of the Dorling-Kindersley series and is little more than a promotional piece for the current NASCAR sponsor. The sea change from real stock cars to the current lookalike shells is glossed over, but most of all the championship is referred to throughout, even in the historical sections, as the "NEXTEL Cup." This is sheer historical revisionism and unworthy of the DK series. Or are they simply terrified that children will take up smoking if they read about the "Winston Cup"?