Personal Writing: Drag Racing

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system was removed to
gain that little edge of power, which is essential for racing. My car was
finally race ready, waiting to tear up the track.
The following day, our race team 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 situation seemed hopeless because I had a tuned specially
tuned sprocket. We scrambled around the track asking people if they had
any spares, yet our efforts seemed fruitless. With the nest race
approaching quickly, we ran into a little luck. It wasn't the ...

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