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"Well howdy folks, and welcome to the NASCAR Recap on ESCPN! I'm Darrell Cartrip..."

"And I'm Bob Cutlass. Man, that was a SPECTACULAR race today, wasn't it Darrell?"

"You bet your bumper it was! Now, for those of you who didn't manage to catch the race, what the heck were you thinking? You missed one HELL of a show!"

"They sure did, for the first time in NASCAR history—"

"A THREE WAY TIE between The King, Chick Hicks, and Lightning McQueen! Sorry, Bob, couldn't help myself!"

"You never can, Darrell! Heck, we all thought McQueen had it until he blew a tire! Officials stated that a tiebreaker race would be held in California in one week between the three racers. Looks like the Kings last race wasn't his last after all!"

"Sorry to chance the subject Bob, but MAN did you see McQueen out there!? I said this about twenty times after the race, but I COULDN'T BELEIVE IT!!! I have never seen more professional racing in all my years! I didn't think ANYONE would still race though that crash!"

"Well, that's another reason this race will go down in history. This race also marks the smallest finish with only four cars getting the checkered flag!"

"You bet Bo—Wait...Four?"

"My reaction exactly Darrel. Along with the three way tie for first, there WAS a second place finisher."

"Oh yeah! I remember now! That kid from Vector, right?"

"That's right, Number 18, sponsored by Vector Industries, somehow managed to get though the crash and get a second place finish. Course, with the tie no one even noticed! I believe you interviewed him, Darrel?"

"Well, I tried Bob, I really did, but the kid was real shy, never got a word from him. Took him a while to even look at me! All I managed to do was get a bit of info from the Chief of his team."

"Like his name?"

"Not even the crew knew his name! All I managed to get was that this was only the kid's third race!"

"Well that makes all of us! The kids made a pretty big name for himself in this race, and looks like no one even knows his name! Speaking of kid who made big names, here's Kori with one of the tie racers, Strip Weathers! Kori?"

After the Piston Cup race, a young racecar, painted black with a big number 17 on his side was sitting by his trailer, watching as his idol, Strip Weathers, was being interviewed by the press. He wanted to congratulate The King on his somewhat victory, and good luck in the tiebreaker, but he was too intimidated to go up and talk to him. He just stood there watching until...

"Hey kid!"

The kid jumped around and saw No. 8, Junior, driving up to him. Scared, he put it in reverse, and drove straight into the trailer next to him, only to ram into Jeff Gordon and realize he's in the wrong trailer. He then rushed to his own as Jeff yelled "Damn it! That hurt..."

Chuckling, Junior drove up to the 18 trailer and started to talk to the kid.

"Well, you a shy little guy aren't you? Come on, kid, I don't bite..." Said Junior as the kid slowly poked his hood out. "My name is Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr. Everyone calls me Junior though. How about you? What's your name?" The kid just stared at him with a nervous look.

"That's alright, we don't need to do anything you don't want to...but we need to call you something..." Junior started to think of something to call him, when he noticed his sponsors logo on the hood. "Vector huh...Hey kid, why don't I just call you that for now? Vector? You like that?"

The kid just kept staring for a second, and eventually nodded his head.

"Well then, I'm going to call you Vector from now on. So, Vector, I just wanted to congratulate you on your second place win, you have some real talent in there. Though I would have preferred you didn't run straight into me in the crash..." Vector went from a nervous stare to a look that said "Oops, that was you?"

"Now now kid... I'm not blaming you, if I did, I'd have to blame three other cars, heh. So, Vector. You were sitting here just staring—"

All of a sudden, Vector just floored it, and crashed in the back of his trailer. Causing Junior to jump at the sudden noise. "What the..." he thought when...

"Well Well Well! He's a smart kid that 18!" Yelled Chick Hicks as he drove up behind Junior. "Everyone could learn from him. He's smart enough to know not to get the crash virus from you Junior! After all, Who wouldn't be scared? What with this crash, then what happened to your old--"

"What do you want Hicks?" Interrupted Junior

"Aw, nothing, nothing. Just wanted to talk to this kid, that's all." Chick said as he drove up to Vector, in his trailer "Hey kid, I gotta admit, that was some pretty good racing out there. And, of course, I mean, BY ME!!! Ahahahaha!!!" he laughed at Vector just looked at him, terrified out of his mind. "But I must admit, you surprised me. I didn't think anyone could get out of that crash. Just a shame you got second though, but I wouldn't worry about it, after all, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN TO ME!!! Ahahahaha!!" he yelled as Vector pretty much ran up the wall, shaking. Seeing this, Junior intervened. "Are those your favorite lines or something, Hicks? They're kinda getting old."

"Aww, is little Junior jealous?" Hicks teased as he came out of Vectors trailer.

"Why don't you go pester someone else? You're scaring the kid."

"Daw, how cute! The shrimp is standing up for his little boyfriend!" teased Hicks some more.

"Don't you have an interview to get to?"

"Oh geez your right! I'll come pester you later, rookie!" he yelled at Vector as he ran off.

When Hicks was out of site, Junior talked to Vector. "It's alright kid, he's gone. You can come out now..." Vector slowly came out of his trailer, making sure Hicks was nowhere in sight. He then seemed a bit embarrassed when he looked at Junior.

"Vector, don't look so upset. He's the one who stared that whole crash, I can't blame ya for acting that way. Don't worry, I'll make sure he doesn't bother you again. Anyways, I gotta go. I have to make my speech with Bud. You gonna be in California tomorrow?" Vector nodded yes. "Alright, I'll see ya then kid."

Vector looked at Junior strangely, then smiled a bit. "Junior." He said as he back up into the trailer and closed the door.