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Drag Racing Dreams

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Drag Racing Dreams

The heat was unbearable as I pulled up to the starting line. The smell of exhaust gases and burned rubber filled the air. The starting light received my fullest attention, zoning everything out of my mind. 3...2...1...green light! I stomped my foot on the accelerator as I side stepped my clutch. Shifting into second gear, I felt the supercharger open up. Instantaneously I was thrown back into my seat. All of a sudden a loud pop disturbed the smooth roar of my engine. Halfway down the track my engine shut off and forced me to coast the car to the finish line. My father was already waiting at the end of the drag strip. Unable to restart my car, we pushed it back to our pit area. My hopes were crushed as I went over the fact that my day of racing was already over.
Drag racing is a big part of my life. All of my spare time is spent working on my 1959 GMC pickup. With hot August nights quickly approaching, I spent most of my waking hours for a week tuning my truck. Sweat and hours of hard work finally prepared my old truck for racing. The interior was stripped down to the sheet metal and contained only the driver's seat to reduce weight. The whole exhaust system was upgraded to gain that little edge of power, which is essential for racing. My truck was finally race ready, waiting to tear up the track.
The following day, our race team, my father and me, met up at the track. In the pit area, we changed out our street tires for high performance drag slicks. After a few more last minute adjustments, I pulled into the staging lane and waited for my turn to race. Little did I know that my first race would end up in disaster, a blown engine. All of the hard work and dedication towards my car seemed to be a futile effort because of the bad results.
After we pushed my car back to the pit area, we took apart the engine, looking for the problem. I immediately found it to be a bent cam sprocket. The sit...

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