I was pleasantly surprised by Saturday Night Dirt by Will Weaver. I'm by no means a racing fan, but he actually got me thinking that I could actually enjoy watching dirt-track racing or enjoy being on one of crew or drivers. His book was also fabulous in the fact that I felt like this was actually possibly since there were female drivers and the main character- if there was actually one main character- was the track manager, a teenager named Mel (Melody Walters).
The story follows a handful of drivers- both young and older. The young track manager Melody is trying to help her father, who is now bound to a wheelchair, salvage a deteriorating dirt racetrack. Mel and her dad are on a limited budget and they have limited time before the Saturday night racing begins. There's a significant threat of thunderstorms, but the Walters aren't willing to waste an opportunity to save their business and get in some racing.
The story also follows a young driver named Trace Bonham, who is currently at odds with his mechanic. Another young driver Beau Kim adds the perspective of a young driver trying to scrap together any parts he can, with the help of his young crew members, to even compete alongside drivers with sponsors.
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