Because the boyfriend dies in the street race (actually happens before the story starts) and the main characters are left to deal with the stupidity and waste of it, I think teens will get the drift. But the modified car scene, car shows and car clubs are fun and exciting. Street racing is actually only a small part of the car scene and most people who love and spend tons of time and money on their cars, don't risk them in races. The only racing scene in my book is one that takes place before the beginning and ends in tragedy. So no worries.
Teri
Word out! I get the drift. :hehe
Ha ha, this would be a funny pun.
This member, Terijbrown, is long gone so here is my advice for her story.
1. Crash and burn. Basically, cars don't blow up. That's the movies. A gas leak or NOs leak can ignite and cause a fire. A driver could die from that if he is knocked unconscious from the crash because he wasn't seat belted in. The fire could prevent people helping the driver.
2. Idiot drivers in fast cars usually die on the scene from crashing into a tree or flipping their car and getting ejected because they weren't seat belted. They crash in a race situation not because they can't handle driving fast in a straight line but a turn or curve is entered too quickly and then the driver over or under corrects with or without braking.
3. The set up for the whole race scene would go down like this...
Johnny, the boyfriend, is at a Taco Bell parking lot with his homeboys, a bunch of other gaylords; one driving in a Honda Civic with an eBay fartcan muffler, another in a Toyota Corolla with a 56" wide eBay spoiler, another in a Ford Focus ZX-3 and another one in a Nissan Sentra with a custom-made F1-style snorkel air intake on the hood painted in primer gray. They are all gathered around Johnny's Subaru WRX that he just bought used. It has modified parts installed by the previous owner and is ready to race. Johnny is an Initial-D otaku and he is excited to race the local Seattle street race hero, Taro Komatsu. Taro drives a Toyota Supra. He's a rich kid's son and has all the makings of a playboy. His posse is also a bunch of gaylords but they drive nice cars like Mazda RX-7s FD-3s, Infiniti G35s, Mitsubishi Evo IXs, and Acura NSXs.
Johnny's girlfriend, Susan, calls up Johnny. Susan works at a coffee shop and won't be able to meet up with him until after 10 PM. Johnny and his group drive to a secret Seattle hot spot for ricers... where Taro hangs out too. It's 9 PM and they are cruising down a dark parking lot. At the end is an empty strip mall, it's hopping with activity. Music is playing from someone's car stereo. People are talking and women (who knows how they got there but it's a book) are dancing.
Johnny has this look of anticipation on his face. He shifts gears as he pulls up near the other cars and lets the blow-off valve whistle away. Johnny smirks. Taro looks over. Bobby, Taro's friend, asks, "Who's this gay clown?"
Johnny and his friends park their cars and walk over to Taro.
Taro is leaning on his Supra and nods at his friends. They walk over to Johnny.
Johnny says, "Hey Taro."
Taro responds, "Hey. So you bought Greg's WRX?"
Johnny, "Yeah. It's fast."
Taro laughs :hehe, "Fast... if you know how to drive."
Taro's friends all laugh. :hehe
Johnny laughs,:lmao pauses and says, "Funny... funny, maybe you want to race?"
Taro facial expression turns serious :mad, "How about right now?"
Johnny asks, "Around the mall parking lot? I'm ready."
Taro responds, "No, on the street. Here to the 7-Eleven and back. That's two miles of..."
Johhny cuts in, "Yeah, let's go!"
Johnny gets in his car and starts it up. He looks down at the nitrous oxide switch and flashes back to the day he was looking at the car.
Greg points at the nitrous oxide switch, "You need to be careful with this... you don't want to be at the high end of the tach or it's gonna blow the engine. You might not be ready for the boost so be careful..."
Johnny returns out of his flashback and drives up to a make shift starting line.
Taro revs his engine at the starting line, "When Bobby drops the flag, that's the start."
Bobby runs up to a curb in front of their cars. He points at each driver and raises the flag.
Johnny starts to rev his engine higher.
Bobby drops the flag.
Johnny floors the gas pedal and presses on the nitrous oxide switch. The car screeches off the starting line. Johnny has trouble controlling the car since his right hand off the steering wheel and on the nitrous switch. His car veers off the parking lot driveway, over a curb and into a light pole. The WRX is upside-down. Johnny was thrown from the passenger window and the car rolled on top of him. Taro brakes his car up ahead and turns around...
As I learn more about the car scene, I am more and more intrigued
