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Personal Narrative : Taking A Car

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Do you love cars so much that you'll risk your life every time you hop into the driver seat? Well, I risk my life every weekend to do what I love which is drag racing against other people. It was a cold dark night, all you can hear in the background is the wind blowing, the sound of the crowd cheering and the sounds of cars starting up their engines. Also, the smell of gasoline, oil, burnt rubber and fumes from the all the cars filled the air. Disappointment, anger and being frightened filled my mind while I was waiting for someone to come and get me out of this hot car that was lying on the hot pavement. The weight of the car crushing my lower half of my body had me terrified and made me start worrying that my legs could have been paralyzed for life and think to myself saying to myself “how could have this happen? what did I do wrong?” From my brother screaming at the television I woke up and got out of bed to I a shower and then load my Honda S2000 onto the trailer with all my tools, fuel, and suit that I would need for the big drag race tonight. as we loaded everything up we headed off to my friend Denny's house in our Chevy Silverado while towing the trailer. After we had picked him up we headed off to IHOP to eat and discuss how ready we were for tonight. it took us around two to three hours to get to Oklahoma, but once we arrived at the drag strip we signed in and let the technicians run their diagnostics on the car to make sure it everything was ok. after a few

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