On the Track with Jeff Gordon (Paperback)

~ (Author) "Jeff Gordon gets carsick..." (more)
Key Phrases: quarter midgets, sprint cars, victory lane, Winston Cup, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt (more...)

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Jeff Gordon entered his first car race when he was only five years old, an age when most children are learning to ride a bike. From that time onward, he's been a champion in his chosen sport. From the quarter midget cars of his childhood, he moved on to go-carts, then sprint cars, and finally midget cars. Then, in 1991, he got his first taste of stock-car racing - and never looked back. After a few years of getting his feet wet in the Busch Grand National scene, he vaulted into the Winston Cup ring. In 1995, he was the youngest driver of the modern era ever to win the coveted Winston Cup. Two years later he proved his abilities were no fluke when he won the title again.

About the Author

Matt Christopher is the author of more than seventy-five sports-themed books for children.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; 1st edition (April 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316134694
• ISBN-13: 978-0316134699
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #366,505 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A fast biography of a speedster!, June 26, 2001

By	Rebecca Brown "rebeccasreads" (Clallam Bay, WA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Jeff Gordon is one of the lucky ones who found his passion at an early age - took to it & never looked back.

From BMX bicycles to 2.85-horsepower midgets to go-carts to open sprint cars with 650-horsepower engines pushing these little cars beyond 140 miles per hour, Jeff Gordon ate it all up & kept racing & winning. With black & white photographs, graphs of statistics, Career Highlights, technical data about all sorts of auto-racing & short, engaging histories of the various forms of auto-racing, the rest of the book, as they say, is history.

By the age of 21 he had become NASCAR's Rookie of the Year, breaking records, driving safely, losing some & winning most.

A plainly written autobiography of one of today's great drivers & heroes.

1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A fast biography of a speedster!, June 26, 2001

By	Rebecca Brown "rebeccasreads" (Clallam Bay, WA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Jeff Gordon is one of the lucky ones who found his passion at an early age - took to it & never looked back.

From BMX bicycles to 2.85-horsepower midgets to go-carts to open sprint cars with 650-horsepower engines pushing these little cars beyond 140 miles per hour, Jeff Gordon ate it all up & kept racing & winning. With black & white photographs, graphs of statistics, Career Highlights, technical data about all sorts of auto-racing & short, engaging histories of the various forms of auto-racing, the rest of the book, as they say, is history.

By the age of 21 he had become NASCAR's Rookie of the Year, breaking records, driving safely, losing some & winning most.

A plainly written autobiography of one of today's great drivers & heroes.