The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

30.4 TessaVanessa’s US Nationals Drag Racing Challenge

You may use one book with a MPG Sequential Art, Graphic Novels, Comics, Comic Book, or Manga.

This is a two-book task, pick one book for two different options.

Option 1: NHRA:
The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA), the largest auto racing organization in the world, has come a long way since Wally Parks founded it in 1951. Though it has grown into a global sports-entertainment business, NHRA has not lost sight of Parks' original goal: to provide competitors a place to race.
Read a book with all the letters in NHRA in the author’s first and last name (middle name can be ignored)

Option 2: Meeting the family
My first experience with drag racing came when on our second date my husband took me along with his sister and brother’s family to the US Nationals in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was a marathon date but I fell in love with the sport and my husband. This happened to be the 30th running of the US Nationals.
Read a book with a 3 and a 0(zero) in the page count. The numbers do not need to be consecutive.

Option 3: Christmas Tree
Modern drag races are started electronically by a system known as a Christmas tree. A common Christmas tree consists of a column of seven lights for each driver or lane. Each side of the column of lights is the same. The tree consists of a blue LED light set (top and bottom halves), then three amber bulbs, then a green bulb and a red bulb. Often many race wins are determined by how quick the driver’s reaction time is to the lights.
Read a book with a cover of any combination of at least 75% of the following colors: blue, yellow, green, red determined by TinEye.
Required: post the cover.

Option 4: Labor Day Weekend
The US Nationals is the longest-running Labor Day motorsports event in the United States, a distinction it earned in 2004. This year will be the 70th running of the race. We’ve been going since 1991. Read a book published in either August or September in the years between 1991 to 2024 (inclusive).
Required: State the date of first publication.

Option 5: The Drivers
When you go to the US Nationals you get the chance to get up close to the drivers and cars. Often you are able to get pictures and autographs. The drivers’ personalities and willingness to interact with the fans is a bonus of attending the race.
Read a book by an author that shares a first or last name with one of the winning professional drivers found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHRA_U....
You can choose from the professional or the sportsman classes, names and location must match exactly. (ex. John Force–John Grisham)
Required: State the name of the driver and which class they race in.

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I think it is just a miss in the proofing as with my task, but Is it two books from different options please?

Marie (UK) wrote: "I think it is just a miss in the proofing as with my task, but Is it two books from different options please?"

Yes, it is.

Just curious if J.R.R. Tolkien would work for J.R. Todd since the "J.R." is initials rather than a full first name.

RedSycamore wrote: "Just curious if J.R.R. Tolkien would work for J.R. Todd since the "J.R." is initials rather than a full first name."

It should be a full name.

Read a book with a 3 and a 0(zero) in the page count.
I have found a book with 703 pages that I would like to read for this challenge. However, it is in e format only; no paperback version. If I get it verified, can I use it, as you aren't asking for the actual page count in the task. I couldn't find an answer to this in the general instructions.

Mrsgeo wrote: "Read a book with a 3 and a 0(zero) in the page count.
I have found a book with 703 pages that I would like to read for this challenge. However, it is in e format only; no paperback version. If I ge..."


This is what I found:
eBooks can be used for specific page number tasks as long as there is a print equivalent that can be used to determine page numbers

Since there is no print edition, my understanding is that it can't be used.

Mrsgeo wrote: "Read a book with a 3 and a 0(zero) in the page count.
I have found a book with 703 pages that I would like to read for this challenge. However, it is in e format only; no paperback version. If I ge..."


This is what I found:
eBooks can be used for specific page number tasks as long as there is a print equivalent that can be used to determine page numbers

Since there is no print edition, my understanding is that it can't be used.

Just as well I had an alternative but it was worth a try. Thank you.

Option 1: NHRA
Does this author's name meet the guidelines?
Phillipa Nefri Clark

Tess, just wondering if you have had time to consider my question in previous post.
Maybe you have not seen it due to the notifications not happening anymore.

Will a book with two authors, both of which satisfy the name requirement, work for option 5?
My authors are: George Morgan and Drew Smith (actually, all four of their names do...)

Odette wrote: "Option 1: NHRA
Does this author's name meet the guidelines?
Phillipa Nefri Clark"

I'm sorry, Odette, but the task clearly states "in the author’s first and last name", so, no. There is no "N" in those names.