An Anthro's Tale

Road America

I couldn't believe my ears. Road America,the track I'd wanted so long to see,and now I was here,it was a dream come true. I cold see the press box from the back seat of the Ford. It was glowing in white light. Logos for everything from Coke to Pepsi to Peugeot were light by back light,making the base of the box glow like a Christmas tree. The starting line glowed red from a a lit Hennessy logo directly above it. People were camped out all around the track. Tents glowed in every manner of color from the light's within them pricing through the fabric. Campfires burned outside of them and there were a few guys a ways away from us camped on a jacked up Ford Raptor four by four. My heart wanted to thump out of my chest,I couldn't believe I was at Road America.It was the one dream I'd had forever,but never expected to come true. I was so stunned at it all my mind had no recourse but to shudder in bewilderment.

"Well?",Dad said,"aren't you guys gonna go look around?"

"Oh hell yeah!",Tristan said excitedly.

I quickly undid my seat belt and slid open the Ford's side door before stepping out into the night. The air was alive,caring the smells of gas,oil and burnt rubber,smells that I loved. The grass was soft and damp,dew by my guess. The sky was crystal clear and full of stars,I even thought I could see Orion from where I was. I heard paw steps behind me and turned to see Tess approaching me.

"Ya see Orion right?",she asked putting her arm around me and pulling me close.

"Yep",I replied. She smiled and hugged me tightly.

"Hey Seth?",Tristan said walking up to me,"there's an auto show going down by the press box,come on!"

Tristan turned and darted down the hillside,heading for the press box. Tess and I began walking down the hillside and shortly we were at the press box. The cars I could see off the bat were a Skyline GTR Spec,the newest Skyline. A Koneisegg CC-GT with chameleon blue and sliver paint,like Frank's as well as what looked like a Toyota Supra 92. I tried to get away from Tess,but her grip was like steel.

"Where do ya think you're going?",she asked smiling at me.

"To see the cars",I replied trying to pull away,"lemme go!"

"Mm",Tess said,"I don't think so."

"Come on Tess!",I whined,"lemme go!"

"All right",Tess said releasing me.

I instantly darted off. The raceway was lined with exotic supercars and people's custom projects. There were all manners of Coupes,Roadsters,Super cars and what looked like a custom ordered #9

Peugeot Sport Total 908. The car itself was blackish blue and the rims were red. A black stripe went up the hood and top of the car while a small bright blue stripe went down the middle. The rims were Motgie Racing Spoke Nines and it was on Good Year racing slicks.

Another car was a 1999 Toyota GT-ONE. It was a bright metallic blue with black Traklite 1.0 Motige rims and a huge wing stood over the car. The hood was open and I could see the engine was right out of Hennessy Venom.

There were other cars that looked awesome here to. All three of the Supra models,owned by the same man and painted the same way were lined up. Their hoods cracked,each sporting a ninety eight model year engine and there was another man with three Skylines as well.

There was a green  Saleen S331 Mustang that had aftermarket body parts and a black stripe down the hood top and trunk. Like on the GT-ONE I'd seen,a huge spoiler stood over the car and it was one slicks and Traklite rims. On the windshield was a large red,Hennessy Venom and on the back was a red Hennessy sticker as well as a  Draconian Customs sticker. I remembered doing this car for a kid named Joe a while back. He had gone to Hennessy in his home state after he had an accident with his exhaust,which had resulted in a third degree burn to his face. Hennessy had given him a performance kit,but Joe apparently had  thought his car wasn't fast enough,so he came to us. His words were,"make it fast." And that's what we did,his Mustang had nearly three thousand horsepowerand sent it all to the rear wheels via a 8 speed manual transmission. I didn't see Joe around,he was a car freak,so I assumed he was off somewhere,probably trying to cone that one man out of his Supra. I had my snout stuck under the hood of a cool looking Toyota 2000 GT when I heard someone yell out.