Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines The driver zips up her jumpsuit and squeezes through her racecar window. Engines rev. Tires SCREECH and SQUEAL...and they're off Around and around the cars go VVVRRRROMMMMM Pit stops CRASHES POPPED tires Race to the finish line...and the checkered flag SNAPS ...

Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines The driver zips up her jumpsuit and squeezes through her racecar window. Engines rev. Tires SCREECH and SQUEAL...and they're off Around and around the cars go VVVRRRROMMMMM Pit stops CRASHES POPPED tires Race to the finish line...and the checkered flag SNAPS down. Race day roars into life in this breathless book. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources.

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