Scarlet Thunder

  I found myself shouting along with the pit crew.

  “Go! Go! Go!”

  If voices could propel a car, she would have gained speed. Everyone in the pit was shouting that loud.

  The other two cars began to catch her.

  Closer, closer, closer.

  And then they passed her.

  So why was everyone around me cheering?

  Then I figured it out. I’d been so worried about the cars behind her, I hadn’t seen that she was moving closer, closer to the finish line. And that she had coasted to first place, half a car ahead of the other two.

  She’d won!

  I ran over to George Lot and gave him my handheld camera. I asked him to point it at me.

  I stepped back.

  I raised my arms in the air and grinned at the camera.

  I wanted this on film. Not for the documentary. But for my family.

  Because it was about time I shared my life with them. And this was a good place to start.

  Sigmund Brouwer is the best-selling author of many books for children and young adults. He has contributed to the Orca Currents series (Wired, Sewer Rats) and the Orca Sports series (most recently Winter Hawk Star, Hurricane Power and Hitmen Triumph). He and his family live in Red Deer, Alberta, and Eagleville, Tennessee.

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