Racers restart your engine!

Chapter 10

The next day he felt fine and Lightning felt good enough for training. While they did Lily they both focused on her and stretched out getting ready at the same time. When she was done she went back home and left the other two alone. Since he was getting used to it Lightning would train Doc first. When he was done with him Doc would do Lightning.

"You ready rookie?" Doc said.

"Yup, what do you got?" he said.

"One hundred laps. Start with ninety."

When he did that Doc raised his speed on the last one he was on one ninety five.

"And done, nice job kid." He panted and smiled.

A few weeks later they were on their way to a race. It was the race before the piston cup and Lightning wanted to do it himself.

"Who's doing it today?" Doc asked.

"Me, if I can't finish you can." he said.

He nodded his head and liked the idea. When it started he was fine and in second. Lily was in twelfth place so was surprised. Throughout the time they were doing good Lightning was feeling good and was hoping he would finish it himself. There were only two left and he was winning. Lily was in fourteenth so she could tell she wasn't gonna win. Since Lightning started she was having a lot of trouble winning. But she was just glad he was back. Then soon enough he won. He was going to his twenty sixth season and hoping for his sixteenth piston cup. Lily didn't make it but was glad her dad did. When they got home it was the usual going to get looked at by Doc.

"Do you think he's ever gonna stop getting looked at by Doc?" asked Lily.

"After what happened all those years ago, I doubt it." said Sally.

Everyone else nodded and agreed.

"How much more does he have in him?" she asked.

"Really it's up to both him and Doc. But the way he's starting to look, he's gonna be done soon." Sheriff said frowning.

"Doc, I don't know if I can do it." Lightning said.

"You are starting to get pretty tired and sore easy. How about I do your piston cup and you take the season off. And then close to the next one we see If you can do it, sound good?" he said.

He smiled.

"Sounds good, I'm still going to watch her though and If you want you can have some fun and do it for yourself." Lightning said.

"I just might kid, I just might."

When they got to Flo's they told everyone that he was taking next season off to see if he can keep going after or not. And that Doc is gonna take care of the piston cup for him.

"Good idea, just to check you have to stop or have it in you still man." said Filmore.

A few weeks later it was the last race. When they got there they headed to where they were going to stay. While they did that they talked to some news people and friends.

"What do you think, you doing next season for me? I can tell by the look on your face that it feels good to be racing again." Lightning said smiling.

"You know what, if I can survive switch with you throughout the season, I'm gonna be back for one. But what do you say we keep it from everyone else?" he said.

"Sounds good to me."

So Doc and Lightning went to bed and Lily was already asleep.

The next day Lily was ready to watch Doc. While she did that Lightning checked to make sure he could hear him. When he was waiting for go everyone was excited to see him race for the piston cup for the first time in years. Or for the first time in their lives.

As soon as it started he started slowly to get his gear back and ready to go. After that when everyone saw him go they were shocked that he still had it. There were two hundred laps with it and was saying things he used to back then. It was number one fifty five so he stopped for some tires.

"How you doing?"

"Just fine like I used to." he said smiling.

He gave himself a quick stretch and then he was gone. Lightning shook his head.

"I gotta say I'm a little surprised right now dad." Lily said.

"Not me, after everything I learned about him when I first got there I was though."

It was the last lap and he was winning he was starting to get a bit sore and tired but he could make it. He was only three feet away and was close to winning.

"Almost there Doc, you can do it." Lightning said.

And sure enough, he won. For the first time in over fifty years he won the piston cup. Just like Lightning he stood there for a minute and caught his breath.

"You ok?" asked someone.

He looked up and saw Lightning and Lily.

"Yeah, been a long time since that. Now come on, let's go get our trophy." he said.

So they went up got his trophy for the fourth time for Doc and sixteenth for Lightning. He said a few things and went back home. When they got home everyone was surprised to see him race without switching with Lightning.

"That's what you get when you're your young self. " Doc said.

While he was hiding what he had to do to get back to racing next season Lightning was training Lily for fun. He only raced Doc so he tells her what to do. A while later he had a race with Doc to get him ready for the next season. Throughout the time just like Lightning he was right back at what he used to be when he was a young racer.