Jeff Gordon
Nascar Driver
Published on 8. September 2005
Book
Hardback
144 pages
978-0-8160-5885-3 (ISBN)
Description
Tracing the life and career of this record-setting NASCAR driver, Jeff Gordon: NASCAR Driver provides tips on becoming a professional athlete. Jeff Gordon first got behind the wheel of a race car at age four, and he has been driving ever since. By age 18, the "kid phenom" had won more than 600 races behind the wheel of a car. Gordon went on to become one of the best drivers in the history of auto racing, winning the Winston Cup four times. He also founded the Jeff Gordon Foundation, which funds various charitable causes.
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Jeff Gordon: NASCAR Driver provides tips on becoming a professional athlete. Jeff Gordon first got behind the wheel of a race car at age four, and he has been driving ever since. Gordon went on to become one of the best drivers in the history of auto racing, winning the Winston Cup four times. He also founded the Jeff Gordon Foundation.More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Interest Age: From 11 to 17 years
Illustrations
20 b&w photographs
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 146 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8160-5885-3 (9780816058853)
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Person
Michael Benson is the author of more than 30 books, including young-adult biographies of Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, William Howard Taft, Muhammad Ali, and Gloria Estefan. He has also written Ferguson Career Biographies of Lance Armstrong, Wayne Gretzky, and Althea Gibson.