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2020.
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"A gritty, voice-driven thriller about a former getaway driver who thought he had escaped the criminal life who is pulled back in by race, poverty, and his own former life of crime. Beauregard "Bug" Montage is a man with many different titles: husband, father, friend, honest car mechanic. But before he gave it up, Bug used to be known from the hills of North Carolina to the beaches of Florida as the best Wheel Man on the East Coast. After a series...
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Twenty-eight, single, and struggling to keep her little shop of handicrafts afloat, Zoey Enright is pleasantly surprised when a knockout audition for a home-shopping network lands her an impressive job as an on-air saleswoman. Little does she know, Delaney O'Connor, the company's CEO, is bringing his only grandson and the hero of Zoey's childhood, Ben Pierce, home from Europe to run the network. Ben's one true passion was Grand Prix racing -- until...
5) Metro girl
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Alexandra Barnaby novels volume 1
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Evanovich's spectacular new novel about a woman in search of her missing brother comes complete with high stakes, hot nights, murder, and graft--not to mention car chases, car races, car explosions, and much more.
8) Racing against the odds: the story of Wendell Scott, stock car racing's African-American champion
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Pub. Date
c2009
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 31 cm.
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A biography of Wendell O. Scott, who made history as the only African American driver to win a race in a NASCAR Grand National (now Sprint Cup) division.
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Enzo (Garth Stein) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
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Enzo's only excitement consists of chasing the cars that pass the farm where he lives, until he meets Zoë and her father.
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They were the unlikeliest of heroes. René Dreyfus, a former top driver on the international race car circuit, had been banned from the best teams - and fastest cars - by the mid-1930s because of his Jewish heritage. Charles Weiffenbach, head of the down-on-its-luck automaker Delahaye, was desperately trying to save his company as the world teetered at the brink. And Lucy Schell, the adventurous daughter of an American multi-millionaire, yearned...
12) Winning
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (2 hr., 3 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Frank Capua is a rising star on the race circuit who dreams of winning the big one - the Indianapolis 500. But to get there he runs the risk of losing his wife Elora to his rival, Luther Erding, and strains the relationship with his stepson.
14) 3
Pub. Date
[2004]
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2 videodiscs (approximately 92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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The first movie about the family life and career of the greatest race car driver in history.
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[2019]
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1 videodisc (approximately 109 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Based on the best-selling novel by Garth Stein, this is a heartfelt tale narrated by a witty and philosophical dog named Enzo. Through his bond with his owner Denny, an aspiring Formula One racecar driver, Enzo has gained tremendous insight into the human condition and understands that the techniques needed on the racetrack can also be used to successfully navigate the journey of life. The film follows Denny and the loves of his life, his wife, Eve,...
16) Race forever
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Choose your own adventure volume 7
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
122 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Description
You are a race car driver alone in Africa where the course is tough, hazardous, and risky, with unscrupulous competitors. Floods, elephants and local guerrillas are nothing compared to the drivers who will do anything to win. The race course you choose may spell the beginning or end of your career.
17) 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.
18) Hex Americana
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Pub. Date
2023.
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367 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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In a world populated with monsters, ghouls, witches, magical chickens, ghosts, and regular folks, a wannabe racer and a ghost team up to win the local Grand Prix, with a blossoming romance along the way.--Publisher.
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Pub. Date
2012
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463 p. (large print) : ill. ; 23 cm.
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"The Limit" tells the true story of Phil Hill, a lowly California mechanic who, defying all expectations, became the first American to win the Grand Prix championship. Cannell's high-octane narrative evokes the lives of the daredevils who tempted fate each Sunday by driving well over 150 mph without benefit of seat belts or roll bars.
20) Truckus maximus
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Pub. Date
2019.
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281 pages : chiefly illustrations (color) ; 26 cm
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This graphic novel tells the story of modern-day gladiators who race monster trucks on reality TV. In a near-future world where the Roman Empire never fell, only two things matter: honor and the Game. "The Game" is Truckus Maximus, a competition where drivers race against one another - to the death. The best of the best is a young driver named Axl. The leader of Team Apollo, Axl drives hard and lives by a strict moral code. That code will be tested...
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