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THIS IS A LITTLE SUMMARY AND STORY I TYPED UP FROM EXPERIENCES EVERY FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS IN CHARLOTTE N.C.!!!!!
9:32 PM
20 NAMELESS PEOPLE. LOOKING AT THE
CARS, SEEING WHO HAS FITTED NEW
RACING SEATS,NEW DASHBOARD
GADGETS, NEW SUBWOOFERS, AMPS
TAILPIPES, BUMPERS. FROM ABOUT 8PM
THEY WERE CLEANING THE CARS,
POLISHING THEM, AGAIN, ADDING YET
MORE STICKERS ACROSS THE
WINDSHIELD, THE HOOD, THE REAR
BUMPER, WHEREVER THERE'S SPACE,
CATCHING UP ON GOSSIP SINCE THE LAST
TIME THEY'D ALL MET. A CALL ON THE
CELL PHONE WARNS OF ANOTHER CALL
SOON WITH THE WORD ON THE OFFICAL
DESTINATION.
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EVERYONE SITS AND WAITS. EVERY GAS
STATION IN THE AREA IS RAMMED WITH
MODIFIED CARS, JUST WAITING. KILLLING
TIME IN A 7-ELEVEN PARKING LOT.
GRABBING COKES, COFFEES, DONUTS,
CHOCLATE AND STANDING AROUND
OUTSIDE, SOME ANXIOUS TO GET GOING,
OTHERS HAPPY TO WAIT, BUT NO ONE
GOING ANYWHERE. OTHER PEOPLE COME
AND LEAVE BUT THERE ARE STILL
CROWDS OF PEOPLE IN THE GAS STATION
ACROSS THE STREET. THEY KEEP SAYING
THERE'S STACKS OF TIME YET, ITS STILL
EARLY.
12:52 A.M.
WITH NO PERCEPTIBLE PROMT,
EVERYONE GETS BACK INTO THEIR CARS
AND PULLS OUT OF THE GAS STATION.
ITS HARDLY ANY DISTANCE TO THE NEXT
PARKING LOT, BUT MOST OF THE CARS
ARE PARKED LINING THE STREETS. ON
ONE SIDE OF THE MAIN ROAD IS A STEEP
GRASS BANK WITH HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE STANDING ON IT, LOOKING AT
THE MAIN ROAD. NOTHING IS HAPPENING.
SUDDENLY 2 CARS WITH ROUGH
SOUNDING ENGINES BURN PAST AND
DISAPPEAR. PSYCHOS ON MOTORBIKES
PASS BY DOING IMPRESSIVE WHEELIES.
CHEERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS. PEOPLE
START MOVING AND SOMEONE SAYS-
COPS- AT THE END OF THE STREET A
BLUE SIREN FLASHES BUT NO ONE PAYS
ANY ATTENTION. CARS KEEP COMING BY
IN PAIRS EVERY NOW AND THEN
SCREETCHING PAST AND THEN NOTHING.
PRESUMABLY, THE COPS ARE BORED OF
JUST SITTING THERE AND HAVE DECIDED
TO PAY A VISIT, EVERYONE SCATTERS
IMMEDIATELY.
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THE FLASHING LIGHTS BEGIN
APPROACHING, SHADOWY FIGURES
SCRAMBLE FOR THEIR CARS.
APPARENTLY THE POLICE USUALLY PARK
AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARKING LOT
BLOCKING THE EXIT AND TRAPPING CARS
INSIDE - EXPLAINING THE NUMBER OF
CARS PARKED ON THE STREET INSTEAD
OF IN THE PARKING LOT, AND CAUSING
THOSE WHO DIDNT KNOW BETTER TO
PANIC, JUST A LITTLE.
1:21 AM
EVASIVE MANEUVERS...THEN ROAMING
THE STREETS AGAIN. IN SEARCH OF LOST
CO-CONSPIRATORS AMIDST THE CHAOS.
ULTIMATELY, A REUNION THANKS TO
CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY. DRIVING ABOUT
IN MADDENING CIRCLES AND
ULTIMATELY LED TO A NARROW STREET
ON A HILL JUST WIDE ENOUGH FOR 2
CARS TO FIT SIDE BY SIDE.
1:58 AM
NOT LEARNING OUR LESSON, PULLING
INTO THE PARKING LOT AND JOINING
THE HUGE CROWDS ALREADY FORMING ON
EITHER SIDE OF THE STREET. HORDES OF
PEOPLE AND MORE AND MORE MODDED-
UP CARS ARRIVING. AGAIN AT THE END
OF THE STREET ARE BLUE FLASHING
LIGHTS. BOTH PARTIES, CRIMINAL AND
AUTHORITY, PRETEND TO IGNORE EACH
OTHER.
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2:38 AM
EVENTUALLY THE COPS GIVE UP OR
CHANGE SHIFTS OR WHATEVER AND
DISAPPEAR AND THE RACING CAN BEGIN.
TWO AT A TIME THE CARS LINE UP. THE
STARTER TAKES HIS JOB VERY
SERIOUSLY, MAKING SURE THEY'RE
LINED UP PRECISELY. THE CROWDS ARE
SO CLOSE TO THE CARS THEY'RE ALL BUT
TOUCHING THEM ON ALL SIDES, AND IT'S
ONLY AS THE STARTER RAISES HIS
HANDS THAT THEY PULL BACK FROM IN
FRONT OF THE CARS AND MOVE TO THE
STREETS PERIMETER. AS HE LETS HIS
HANDS DROP, THE CARS SLICE BY,
INCHES AWAY FROM SPECTATOR FLESH,
AND THEN, ONCE PASSED, THE CROWD
CLOSES IN AGAIN BEHIND THEM LOOKING
FOR THE FLASHING HAZARD LIGHTS TO
SEE WHO HAS WON.
CHEERS, DERISION, LAUGHTER, CLAPPING
AND THEN ON TO THE NEXT TWO. HONDA
VS. TOYOTA, MAZDA VS. SUBARU.
BUZZES OF GOSSIP SPREAD THROUGH
THE CROWD; TWO PARTICULARY
CLOSELY- MATCHED CARS, OR A CAR
CHALLENGING A CAR IN A DIFFERENT
LEAGUE, OR TWO LONG-STANDING
RIVALS, GOOD FRIENDS, WHATEVER THE
REASON THE WORD SPREADS DOWN THE
CHAIN OF SPECTATORS. CHINESE
WHISPERS. THE STAKES ARE RAISED.
NEXT TO THE STARTER, A MAN HOLDS
WADS OF CASH IN EACH HAND TAKING
BETS ON EACH OF THE CARS - ONE CAR
GIVES THE OTHER A HEAD START AND
THE ANTE IS UPPED. CROWD
ANTICIPATION AND FRENZY IS PIQUED.
THE ONE CAR MOVES SLOWLY FORWARD
TO TAKE ITS NEW STARTING POSITION.
BETS ARE STILL BEING PLACED AND THE
PILES OF CASH KEEP GROWING RIGHT UP
UNTIL THE STARTERS ARMS ARE RAISED
AND THE RACE IS UNDERWAY. THE
HANDICAPPED CAR VIRTUALLY
LAUNCHES PAST HIS COMPETITOR,
GAINING GROUND BEFORE HIS OPPONENT
HAS BARELY MOVED AN INCH. THE
CROWD GOES APESHIT. MITSUBISHI VS.
CELICA, INFINITY VS. CAMARO, MUSTANG
VS. CAMARO, HONDA VS. CELICA,
CAMARO VS. TOYOTA. ADRENALINE AND
CARBON MONOXIDE.
4:53 AM
THE COPS REAPPEAR AND EVERYONE
MAKES A DASH FOR THEIR CARS.
4:56 AM
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