High School Racing Academy

Prologue

November 2010

A matte black second gen Charger Daytona blasts through a canyon road at night, lights flipped up and on. The driver upshifts to third from fourth, heel-toe shifting. The Daytona's 2nd Gen 426 Hemi thunders through the canyon. It's driver races through the Big Thompson Canyon, braking for sharp turns.

The Charger goes through two orange cones at the top of the mountain and slides to a halt. Its driver shuts the engine off and climbs out. The driver has a feminine build and wears a black racing suit, tight to her body, along with a matching helmet with a black tint to the visor. A sound crackles from the driver's headset.

"Speed, you pulled two seconds off the current record holder!" A male voice says, sounding very excited.

Speed undoes the helmet and slowly takes it off, revealing long black hair. "Only two seconds? That's not bad for this car."

"Yeah. The former record holder was a 1971 Datsun 240z with a rocket bunny kit and one of those turbocharged RB26s from an old Skyline GT-R."

"And I just beat it with a 3500-pound Charger with only 500 brake horsepower. Must say, that the Charger is pretty impressive." Speed replies.

"Can't wait to share that with the school." The guy says.

Speed walks behind the B pillar and pulls a GoPro off the side of the car. She then walks to the front of the Charger and pulls another camera from underneath the Daytona's aerodynamic nose cone. The young woman walks over to the passenger side door and opens it. Speed sets the GoPros down on one of the Recaro racing seats and then closes the door.

A young teenage boy walks out from the side of the road, at a Y intersection. He has wavy blonde hair and a medium build. The guy wore a black leather jacket and a white t-shirt and a pit headset on. He walks up to Speed, smiling.

"Ready to go home?" He says, motioning back down the canyon.

Speed nods walking back around the Charger, climbing back into the car. She puts the helmet and GoPros in what used to be the back seat of the Daytona. She pushes the clutch in and turns the key after moving the shifter into first, firing up the old Mopar. The guy with the headset opens the passenger door and climbs in. He straps himself in and takes the headset off. Speed holds her foot in the clutch and straps herself into a 5-point harness.

She dumped the clutch and nails the throttle, doing a spin just to turn around. Speed releases the throttle for a bit, letting the rear tires hook up on the asphalt and then gets back into it. The Hemi revs up to 7000 rpm before Speed shifts up to second gear. The tach drops to 4500 rpm and she's back into the throttle.

Out of nowhere, a black and white Toyota flies past Speed's Charger. Speed steadily pushes the throttle in, increasing the 426 Hemi's revolutions per minute. 5500, 6000, 6500, 7000. She lets off the throttle, shifting to third gear. Speed's back into the throttle, catching back up to the Toyota. Her Charger definitely had a power advantage over that Toyota.

Both cars go through a set of high-speed corners, the Charger right on the heels of the Toyota. It appeared to be an AE86 GT-APEX Corolla. It had a custom wing, a front splitter, and a custom hood. As they keep heading down the corner and into the twisty sections, the AE86 starts to pull ahead of the big muscle car. Its turning ability was much better than the high speed built Charger. Speed was determined to catch up to the old Japanese sports car. She nails her braking and shift points perfectly, practice in the canyon was paying off.

Her Charger had no body roll at all. All stiffened up with the suspension mods and multi-link rear suspension, keeping both of those rear tires on the pavement. Speed begins to catch up to Corolla. She manages to take the line perfectly, cutting it a little close to the guardrail and canyon wall. Definitely touge racing, just like in Initial D. Eurobeat intensifies...

Speed stays confident as she closes in on the AE86. The 8-6 braked for a few of the really tight corners and hairpins. Speed braked a lot more, her car being heavier. She notices the 8-6 slow and decides to pull beside it. Speed looks over and mashes on the throttle, accelerating away from her impromptu opponent.

The 8-6's driver mashes on the throttle. It begins closing in on the Charger in the corners. The car had better aero mods for cornering. It's rear end stayed planted. The driver rips the handbrake and puts the Trueno into a drift. It's still closing in on Speed's Daytona. Speed's eyes widen. She's completely shocked with the import car's ability to corner and drift.

"What the hell?!?!" Speed's passenger says, seeing the Trueno in the right side mirror. "How is that import keeping up?"

"It's lighter. And the driver is way better in this canyon." Speed responds.

The white and black Japanese sports car passes them on the outside. It was still in a drift. The car had a barely visible purple aura around it. Speed's jaw dropped as she watched the Trueno passed them. She decided to slow down. Speed lightly got on the brakes, slowing the old muscle car down. She returns the car to the proper speed of 35 mph through the rest of the canyon.

Roughly fifteen minutes later, Speed pulled her Charger Daytona into an already lit up shop. She shut the engine off and climbed out of her side of the car. Speed checked the tread of the tires and found them to be ok for the next race.

"I'm surprised that this car could keep up with a lightweight and built up Japanese sports car." Speed says. "Thanks for going with me Mike."

Mike climbs out of the Charger. "You're welcome. I'm surprised she beat an RB26 powered Fairlady Z. They're fairly light compared to those Truenos."

She nods in agreement. Speed walks towards the shop door and Mike follows. Speed shut the lights off and pressed a button to close the garage. They both walked out of the garage and got in a late model Pontiac GTO and drove off.

A/N

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