Indy Cars

Indy Cars — page 1 — www abdopublishing com Published by Abdo Publishing a division of ABDO PO Box 398166 Minneapolis Minnesota 55439 Copyright 2015 by Abdo Consulting Group Inc International copyrights reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher SportsZone is a trademark and logo of Abdo Publishing Printed in the United States of America North Mankato Minnesota 082014 012015 Cover Photo Action Sports Photography Shutterstock Images Interior Photos Action Sports Photography Shutterstock Images 1 AJ Mast AP Images 4 5 Dave Parker AP Images 6 7 28 29 Michael L Levitt AP Images 7 AP Images 8 9 Mark Duncan AP Images 10 11 Tom E Puskar AP Images 12 13 Robert Baker AP Images 14 15 Michael Conroy AP Images 14 18 19 31 Tom Strattman AP Images 16 17 29 Mike Fair AP Images 20 21 Paul Sancya AP Images 21 David J Phillip AP Images 22 23 Darron Cummings AP Images 24 25 Bob Brodbeck AP Images 26 27 Editor Chrös McDougall Series Designer Nikki Farinella Library of Congress Control Number 2014944188 Cataloging-in-Publication Data Scheff Matt Indy cars Matt Scheff p cm Speed machines ISBN 978-1-62403-611-8 lib bdg Includes bibliographical references and index 1 Indy cars Juvenile literature I Title 629 228 dc23 2014944188

Indy Cars — page 2 — CONTENTS THE CHECKERED FLAG 5 THE HISTORY OF THE INDY CAR 9 INDY CAR DESIGN 13 SAFETY 20 COMPETITION 24 Glossary 30 For More Information 31 Index 32

Indy Cars — page 3 — Dario Franchitti leads the field at the 2012 Indianapolis 500 FAST FACT Indianapolis Motor Speedway has more than 250,000 seats No sports facility in the world seats more fans 4

Indy Cars — page 4 — THE CHECKERED FLAG The crowd is on their feet as the checkered flag waves in the air It’s the final lap of the 2012 Indianapolis 500 Dario Franchitti leads the race in his red No 50 car But Takuma Sato is close behind in the white No 15 car Sato dives down to the bottom of the track to try passing 5

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