A Girl Who Races

Her First Race

Amelia jumps into Tsunami the next morning getting ready for the race to begin.

"Would all racers make their way to the track."
A voice echoes over the radio system.

Everybody says their good lucks as McQueen and Amelia roll to the track side by side. Amelia is too nervous to say anything, Lightning notices she's quiet.

"Hey, you'll do great. Don't worry about it." He encourages her.

"Thanks." She replies, grateful to have him with her.

The two cars take their places, Lightning of course in first, Chick in second, Amelia in third, and Bobby in fourth, and Cal is in fifth position. Amelia takes a moment to take a few deep breaths, she tunes into Tsunami's engine, the loud purr giving her confidence and calms her down a bit. She can hear the two commentators faintly over the stadium

"Folks, turn your eyes to car number 63, Amelia Tsunami, she is the first female racer in the Piston Cup since Louise Nash. She's one of Doc Hudsons protégés, and a good friend of Lightning McQueen. She used to be a part of McQueens pit crew until she decided that she wanted to join him out on the track!" Bob Cutlass says

"Amelia Tsunami, that has a nice ring to it." Darrel Cartrip points out.

"Well Darell, I have heard rumours that the name Tsunami is what Amelia is calling her car." Bob replies. Amelia stops listening when she hears Docs voice come over the comms,

"Can you two hear me."

"Yep." Amelia replies, she keeps forgetting that Doc is talking to both McQueen and Amelia at the same time, she thinks it's amazing that he can keep track of two racers at the same time.

"Alright, find the groove that works best for you. You got this."

The green flag is waved. Amelia floors the pedal, along with the rest of the cars. On the 10th lap she comes up on Chicks right side, he violently jerks in front of her, almost hitting her front bumper.

"Chick." Amelia growls. She tries again, Tsunami is fast enough to pass him but she is a little tentative to try to.

"Amelia" she hears Docs voice over her comms "you have to be just as aggressive as Chick, he won't let you pass easily. Try to trick him, use your brains like you do in training."

"Right." Amelia replies.

I have to get him out of the middle of the track.

Amelia pulls over to the inside of the track as if she was trying to pass the green stock car, her plan starts unfolding perfectly, once Chick is on the inside she bumper drafts him a bit, then jerks her steering wheel to the right and steps on the gas. Tsunami comes up beside Chick. Amelia was hoping Chick wouldn't be dumb enough to do anything at this point but boy was she wrong. She makes eye contact with the car.

"I have not come this far to be beat by a rookie girl!" Chick growls as he slams his body against Tsunami. Tsunami's right side slams into the barrier and they go scraping along it with the unpleasant sound similar to that of nails against a chalkboard except with sparks flying everywhere.

"Amelia! Get out of there now!" Doc yells through her comms.

"I know, I know!" Amelia yells back panicking a bit. She looks for all her options. She does her best to make sure no one is behind her and Chick, and luckily there's a big enough gap behind the two cars. She jerks her steering wheel to the left which catches chick off guard a bit; pushing him back into the middle of the track, the scraping sound of metal comes to an end as Tsunami comes off the wall.