Outrageous Car Racing Rivalries
- ISBN-10
- 1491420251
- ISBN-13
- 9781491420256
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015
- Publisher
- Capstone
- Author
- Tracy Nelson Maurer
Description
"Details the greatest rivalries past and present in car racing"--
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