Daytona 500
Daytona-1970-February
At Daytona engines are rumbling and people shouting. My name is jack at the start line . I've been waiting for this my whole life for this moment and i'm here . My car is a daytona dodge charger cherry red black stripes with a whole lot of horsepower. Then the speaker yelled ready set go!!!. all the racers went full blast down the track i'm in 15 place and then my pit crew comes in " it ia a long race keep going" they said. I hit 2nd gear and speed ahead where i'm passing racers left to right after 150 laps , and it's time to pit I come in at third place. "comon lets go" i said They got the tires on and i headed off and got in front of the pace car and kicked sped ahead and now in was first place i had a shot to win this hours after hours and laps after laps it was now 350 laps and its time again to pit. I pull in my crew pit and and there was a jam in the air gun. Other racers are already hitting the track"c'mon" i said they got a new air gun and new tires on the car and i went in and this time it was 14 place and i sped not letting this slow aner in side of me slow me down i went lap after lap and i got in 5th place when my crew says there's a crash up ahead and there's only 5 laps left i said i'll make it through then i race a few minutes longer and i come up to the crash and theres a lot of smoke and i just go full throttle for the top where i thought there would be n cars but when i came out on the other side i saw a c patch of oil and gas my car rolled at least 15 times and i pass out to the sound of sirens and lights.
46 hours later
I wake up and my pit crew is standing there and calling the nurse to come to see how I was doing she comes in and ask me questions that I all answered and I sat there for a few hours talking to my friends then the my supervisor comes in and says that i can't race then i stopped and froze what do you mean i can't race. The nurse told me you have head trauma.
Will i ever be able to race again "no" im really sorry your sponsors are pulling out too i'm very sorry Jack. "What should i do now" Jack said. Your going to have t
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Daytona 500
ActionThis a story about a racer in Daytona who gets in a crash when he ends up with head trauma and loses his sponsors he goes in small town street races to get his sponsors back and race again.