'Well hello my little grease monkeys'
'Hey Cooter!' they all greeted him, grapping a beer they sat at the bar next to him as he talked to one of the waitress across the bar.
'What have ya'll been up to then? He asked them taking a sip of his beer.
''Oh the usual' Jojo replied, 'helping the church fix the roof, solving world hunger, helping little old ladies cross the street, same as we always do on a Sunday afternoon'.
'Oh really' he laughed 'so who won?'
'As if you really need to ask' Jojo joked holding his head high, 'after all the Dukes are the best drivers in all of Hazzard country.'
As they drank, the up and coming Hazzard rally soon came into their conversation.
'Hey, anyone else see the fairground come into town last night'.
'Yep they all ready starting to set up the square and the races isn't for a couple of weeks' said Kenny.
'Yep this years is definitely going to be bigger then last year' Mary Ellen told them as she filled up bowls of popcorn, 'especially as boss Hogg has raised the prize money'.
'He raised it, to how much?' asked Jojo.
'$10000' she said taking out a rolled up poster from be hide the bar, 'these are to go up tomorrow advertising for drivers to take part'.
She unrolled the brightly printed poster to revel boss Hogg's chubby smiling face on the cover, it read,
'Boss Hogg's famous Hazzard country derby, in it's 25th year, prize money of $10000.
Drivers wanted, must have own car. $100 entry fee, come and sign up at the boars nest.'
'$10000 Dollars' Carrie wowed.
'I guess that as his nephew Marcus has won that race 4 years in a row now, boss thinks it's a safe bet' Mary Ellen said.
'And he gloats about it for weeks' groaned Betty.
'Won't you just love to see that smug look wiped of his face' said Cooter.
'What kind of modifications would have to be made to the ford Cooter, so we could race it? Jojo asked him.
'Are you serious Jojo?' Annie asked
'$10000 serious'. He told her, turning back to face Cooter.
'Annie's got a point' Marty told him, 'the fords fast in all but there are a lot of rules for a car to be entered into a race now.'
'Well your staring from starch, you'd need to make a lot of modifications, adjusting the chassis not to mentioning making and fitting a roll cage for it. . The race is in 4 weeks, there's no way it would never be finished on time' he told them.
'Why don't you use the general lee' Mary Ellen suggested as she put the poster back up behind the bar.
'The what?' Carrie asked from her seat.
'The general lee, it's a 1969 dodge charger' Cooter explained. 'Annie's dad and Luke used it to enter about every race here in Hazzard country.'
'Used to win quite a few of them as well' Mary Ellen said, a dreamy look crossed her face. 'Remember celebrating quite a few of them in that car'.
'You know that not a bad idea' said Annie.
'What celebrating in the back seat' joked Marty, he turned to Carrie, 'what do say babe'.
'You gotta win a race first babe' she told him.
'I meant using the general lee' Annie said.
'That's not a bad idea, it's got most of the things you'd need, it's already fitted with the roll cages, and we'd properly just have to update it a bit.' Cooter said
'You know where it is? Jojo asked Annie.
'Well it must be at the farm somewhere' she said.
'I thought Bo took it when you went the circuit' Cooter said
'No Daisy and Uncle Jessie drove us down there, dad brought the lieutenant when we got there'.
'Well we can always ask Luke, he's coming into town in a few days.' Jojo said
They began making plans and drawing up a list of things they may need to get started.
'Well well, if it ain't the duke cousins and there little gang' said a voice from behind them.
'Trying to figure out how you gonna win that race with your crappie little mustang'. Marcus Hogg said, walking up next to them, along with his small group of friends.
'Oh we plan on winning the race, just to wipe that stupid look of you face'
'Know that's not nice' Annie said 'you know that's how he has always looked.'
'So you plan on using your ford' he laughed with his friends.
'And what if we do'.
'Well, isn't that horse ready for the glue factory yet'? He smirked
He walked up next to them placing an arm around Annie's shoulder.
'Hey girl how about I make you my trophy girl, you got the legs for it,' his hand trailed across her thigh as she sat, her eyes focused on Jojo, as his face became red with anger.
'That way one of you Dukes will at least get to hold that cup'.
'Though there are better things then your legs' Marcus said reaching down to her chest.
Seeing his move, she quickly griped his arm and stood up, twisting it behind his back, allowing Jojo to throw a punch squarely on his jaw.
Annie let go of his arm as he tumbled to the floor in surprise of what had happened, she and Jojo turned back to their drinks as Marcus wiped the blood of his face.
Picking himself up from the floor, He lunged at Jojo, who was expecting him to retaliate and stepped back, sending Marcus crashing into the bar stools.
He stood up and threw his fist into Jojo stomach, winding him for a few seconds, while he tried to regain his breath Marcus hit him in the face.
Jojo lunged at him sending them both onto the floor wrestling with each other.
Customers of the bar looked over to see what was going on, soon went back to the lunch, after all it was a rather regular fight that happened here and the drunken ones were always much better.
Although not everyone though so.
He stepped out of his office after hearing the loud crash, a large wad of cash in his hands.
'Cut that out!' boss Hogg roared above the din of the fight, 'what is the meaning of fighting in my family restaurant!
The two boys pulled apart and each stood up.
'Nothing to worry about uncle we were just disusing the rally'.
'Yeah that right, I was just asking about getting an entry form'
Boss stepped over to them, looking at Marcus eye that was know taking on a purple colour.
'There behind the bar, and make sure you have the entry money in by the end of the week'.
'Entry money?' asked Annie.
'Yes the $100 entry money' boss told her waving his money in his hand. 'So I guess that counts you dukes out of racing'.
He added with a smug smile, 'come on Marcus lets get you some steak for that eye.'
The two Hogg's walked back in to the office.
Jojo sat back down on the bar stool, he gratefully accepted the bag of ice that Mary Ellen gave him, she also laid an entry form in front of them as well.
'Were we going to get a $100? he groaned as he put the ice on his cheek.
'More like were we gonna get a car' Annie replied.
'Well I guess we just gotta wait until Luke gets back'. Jojo said resting his heads on the bar.
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