Do You Want to Work on a Race Car Pit Crew? Educational Version

By Cullen Gwin

Have you ever though about working on a race car? Maybe you want to be one of the pit crew people?
Being part of the pit crew can be fun. You get to be a part of the race. You get to work on race cars. You also get to see the race from the middle of the track.
It can be fun and exciting to see the race going around you, but being on the pit crew is also hard work.
The pit crew keeps the car running during a race. They change the tires. They give it more gas. They keep the windshield clean. They also make small repairs to the car.
This book goes through each of the jobs on a pit crew and tells you what to expect. Maybe you can work on a race car pit crew!

Ages 7 to 10.
Educational Versions include exercises designed to meet Common Core Standards.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: LearningIsland.com
• Release date: Feb 4, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310020346

Cullen Gwin

Cullen Gwin was born and raised in California and still makes it his home. He always loved writing, even as a youngster, and remembers when his mother would make his sisters listen to his latest creation around the dinner table. This event was always met by groans from his siblings.Thankfully his writing has improved since then and it is much more welcome to his readers.

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DO YOU WANT TO WORK

ON A RACE CAR PIT CREW?

By Cullen Gwin

A LearningIsland.com

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Editor: Jennifer Robinson

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Do You Want To Work On A Race Car Pit Crew? / Cullen Gwin

Summary: A look at the different jobs on a race car pit crew and what the life of a pit crew worker is like.

1. Pit Crew. Juvenile Literature. 2. Racing. Juvenile Literature.

RL: 3.6

W: 3357

Ages 8 to 14

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About the Author

(Jared Smith)

Do You Want to Work on a Race Car Pit Crew?

Have you ever though about working on a race car? Maybe you want to be one of the pit crew people?

Being part of the pit crew can be fun. You get to be a part of the race. You get to work on race cars. You also get to see the race from the middle of the track.

It can be fun and exciting to see the race going around you, but being on the pit crew is also hard work.

The pit crew keeps the car running during a race. They change the tires. They give it more gas. They keep the windshield clean. They also make small repairs to the car.

Here's what a pit crew does in an average stop.

One man holds out a marker so the race car driver knows exactly where to stop the car.

The pit crew gets