One Tough Cookie (2nd race report)

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United States
Salinas, CA
PlayerWM86
PlayerWM86
Sport Truck Race / single race; 3 races (found in "Beginner Races" hall)
Restrictions: Trucks only (Infiniti FX45 Concept '02 and Land Rover Range Stormer Concept '04 NOT allowed)

After a championship race with '73 Alpines she found to be "disappointing", the mysterious driver from my last race report driving for the youthful Racing Team J.M.L. Racing out of Long Beach, Calif. decided to put her winning streak on the line with her metallic gray Ford SVT F-150 Lightning '03 from the winnings she got from the championship race.

Round 1 took place in Fuji Speedway '90s. Like something out of the 1987 NES game R.C. Pro-Am and the 1992 SEGA Genesis game Championship Pro-Am, there were trucks moving around for two laps--but the yellow truck EVERYONE hates wasn't in first place, and nobody could throw any weapons or gain speed boosts (duh!). However, a NASCAR Craftsman Series (Craftsman=trucks) favorite, the Chevrolet Silverado SST...was right in second place. He seemed pretty mad after losing to her...

Round 2 took place on the track of many SCCA SPEED World Challenge events: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca out of Monterey, Calif. She felt nervous about the event because there was a Toyota in the race (Toyota Tacoma X-Runner '04), colored black, and in first place. She had had unwanted thoughts of Kyle Busch's #51 NOS Racing Toyota Tundra in the Craftsman Truck Series in NASCAR, owned by Joe Gibbs Racing. Determined not to think about the black Tacoma, she zoomed past her red Silverado rival to take 3rd away. When she got to 2nd, she pushed "Kyle Busch" out of the way (she nicknamed the driver of the black Tacoma this because that's who the driver reminded her of--she didn't know their racing team name, either), and at the last minute, gained 1st--and by the second lap, opened up a 10-second lead on him before the red Silverado caught up. The black Tacoma fell to 4th. She also opened up a 14-second lead on the red truck that seemed to have followed her since Round 1 (Fuji Speedway '90s). Needless to say, the Chevy and Toyota BOTH lost the race to her and her F-150 Lightning.

For round 3, the bad thoughts kept coming back to her in Seattle, Washington (Seattle Circuit). Tensions mounted and nervousness was the deciding factor. She had decimated the red Silverado and "Kyle Busch" (that same black Toyota Tacoma X-Runner '04; carryover opponent from Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca) in one shot. She then overtook a white Dodge Ram, also a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series favorite, for the lead. She also opened up an 8-second lead on him as well. It's obvious that this female driver doesn't like guys that much. Her red rival finished 3rd while the evil Tacoma 5th. OUCH!

THE PRIZE: Chevrolet Silverado SST Concept '02. She was disgusted to find a copy of the truck one of her rivals who only races Chevys used. But no matter what they say (and they don't even know her name), the guys who raced her from Fuji Speedway '90s to Seattle Circuit called her "the best tire smoking chick ever" when it came to truck racing (but they still envied her...). She and her team's winning streak continued, as she extended their GT League win record to 9-0.
 
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