Hello everyone. Here is chapter 12. I hope that you will enjoy. :)
The next morning, I woke up to the bright sunshine of Japan and I smiled at the fact that today is the first of three races of the world Grand Prix which caused me to feel more excited as I got out of bed and I decided to check on Tracy to see if she is awake for the big day.
I checked on my adoptive daughter, Tracy, who was still asleep and I smiled as I allowed her to have a few more minutes of sleep because she has more than earned it and it was a late night, last night and I knew that she needs all the sleep that she could get in order to watch the first race of the world grand prix.
So, I went to get my breakfast with the food being very delicious, though I definitely avoided the wasabi as I remembered about what happened to Mater after he had mistaken it for ice-cream, before I went back to Tracy's room and I opened the door as I drove over to her where I gently awoken her from her enjoyable sleep.
"Wake up, Tracy, sleepy head" I said with a smile on my face. "Today is the day of the first race and I bet that you want to watch it".
"Please dad, five more minutes" moaned Tracy before she fully awoke. "Wait?, did you just say today is the day of the first race, dad?".
"I sure did, sweetie" I said with a smile which made Tracy smile in return. "You ready to watch your dad, race?".
"You bet, I am, dad" said Tracy as she got out of bed and hugged me. "I'll be ready, I just need to brush my teeth and have a wash".
"That's ok, Tracy" I said as I understood that she wanted to be clean for the big occasion. "Just take your time and I'll be waiting for you".
Tracy nodded in understanding as I returned the hug that she gave me before she released it as she made her way to the bathroom to get herself cleaned up and I went out of the room in order to give her some privacy as I took this time to check on everyone else to see if they are up.
Lightning was up and he was looking forward to the race, though, he was still unsure about bringing Mater along which had resulted in me reminding of him that Mater has never any of his races before as well as the fact that he is still getting used to places that are outside of Radiator Springs.
Luigi and Guido are up as well with the two can't help, but, smile at the fact that they are going to be the pit-crew of me and Lightning while they are still happy of the fact that they get to change the tires of a Ferrari with that Ferrari being me and I couldn't help smiling at the fact that they will always be Ferrari-loving fans.
Fillmore and Sarge are also up as they got themselves ready for the big race that was still a long way away from starting as the race was to start at night while the racers prepared themselves for the race by doing training in the day in order to get used to the track and see if they can use any of it to their advantage.
I was one of those racers that tried out the track and I did feel as if I could get the advantage the more that I trained myself on this track, though, I remembered that the training could very well may or may not pay-off in the actual race, despite getting used to the track.
Besides that, I also got to meet Rip Clutchgoneski, thanks to Carla Veloso, who was happy to meet me as I was to meet him and the two of us got along while creating a strong bond during our racing practice and Qualifying sessions together, I also gave Rip some advice on how to get Carla as his girlfriend, something he took to heart.
The hours passed and soon it was night-time, but, it also meant that the race is getting closer to being started with me as well as the other racers, including Lightning McQueen and Carla Veloso, having our tanks filled while we were still in the pits before we made our way to the track.
We drove around the track and we soon ended up down the finishing straight towards the start/finish line where we got ourselves into position on the grid with me being behind Lightning while the latter was next to Francesco as Lightning began doing his "Speed, I am speed" catchphrase.
"Speed, I am speed" said Lightning before he heard laughter and he looked at Francesco.
"Ha ha ha! Really? You are speed?" asked Francesco as he made fun of Lightning. "Then Francesco is TRIPLE speed! "Francesco... he's triple speed!" Ho oh! Francesco likes this McQueen! He's a really getting him into the zone!".
"He is sooo getting beat today" said Lightning as he turned on his engine.
"Easy, Lightning, calm down" I said as I noticed that Lighting is taking it personally. "You will get your chance".
We watched as the lights came on one by one until all five of them switched off which was the signal to start the race with all of the racers, including me and Lightning, zooming off the grid and down straight part of the track while we waiting for the right moment to pass the other racers.
Lightning and Francesco went in front rather early while I decided to hold back a bit to think up a strategy to see how I can get pass the other racers without hurting them as well as trying to find a way to get to first place in my attempts to put on a good race for both Tracy and the crowd.