The first heat had Davina going against Shivan and JT (in their BMW M3 E30 and Audi Quattro, respectively) and 5 other Garys. The race is three laps long, and all the engines were roaring, filling the air with the smell of petrol. As soon as the red lights went on, the race began. Davina got a good start.
"Oh, my God, she's about 2nd!" Jamiebel commented, surprised.
She did overtake the elder Osborn and Friesen, and JT made light contact, which made the short-black-haired Brit swear for a bit, and soon, JT overtook her. Davina was indeed having a good race, and started chasing him down, soon making mincemeat of him. Now all that laid in front of Davina was the one Gary in front of her. However, when she tried to take the one Gary, Shivan crashed in front of her.
"I've broken something [on my car]," Davina groaned. "Sod it!"
In the end, JT beat Shivan and the Gary for 1st, and Davina came last.
"We-must-not-laugh-when-Davina-gets-back," Adam spoke, in broken English, to the rest of us. Despite this, we still laughed. Hard. Apparently, she collapsed the suspension.
"Davina, you were doing good!" Travis replied.
"I know!" she thanked. "It really was that exciting!"
Next was Jamiebel, and she was against Travis, Tanner, Alaina, Pam and 3 other Garys. Although she was thinking about the scoring system, she decided to bin it and drive around as fast as possible. As soon as the red lights flashed, Alaina (in her MG ZR120) and Jamiebel jumped to the lead and began fighting for it, like Mika Häkkinen and Michael Schumacher. The agile 106 was brilliant in the mud, but the more powerful ZR sped away on the tarmac. Nonetheless, the two were duking it out for the lead, and eventually, after some body contact, she got the lead. And at the end, she won the race, with Alaina behind her, then Tanner (in his Ford Fiesta 1st gen), Travis (in his Toyota AE86 Sprinter Trueno) and then the 3 Garys, and finally, Pam (in her Toyota AE86 Corolla Levin).
"Yeah! There you go!" Jamiebel yelled, victoriously. "Come on! Has anyone ever left a golf course, feeling this high?"
As soon as she entered the pits, Davina and I yelled with joy.
"Hi-five!" I exclaimed. She and I did a hi-five, and the rest of us talked about her win in that race.
It was now my turn, and I was nervous, because of the 2.5-litre engine in my car, alongside Adam (with his Ford Sierra Sapphire Cosworth) and Ken (with his Ford Escort RS Cosworth), it meant that I was in the "super modified" class (Davina was in the "modified 2.0L" class, and Jamiebel was in the "modified 1.6L" class), and that three of the Garys were already champions. Despite my protests, I had to race against them. Albeit I had a bit of fear, I was ready. When the lights went on, I leapt straight to the front of the pack. I was holding my position well against my rivals, leading until the final corner of the final lap, where the Super Modified Garys put me, Ken and Adam in our place. And when we crossed the line, the three of us came last, second-to-last, and 2nd, respectively.
The last heat pit Bernan (in his Citroen Saxo VTS), Lindsea (in her Renault Clio 16v), Jessica (in her Mini Cooper S) and Angelica (in her Škoda Fabia vRS) against four other Garys, where Lindsea squeaked by Bernan for the win, and Jessica in third.
Now it's time for the epic racing montage. In Jamiebel's second race, she was edged out by Alaina for first after "a bit" of body contact. Bernan's second race had him finish third, behind Jessica (in the lead) and Angelica (in second). My next race saw me in fourth, with Mr. Block taking his first win. And now it was Davina's turn, and the officials put her hastily-repaired car on pole position. She was having a very good race…right up until she broke her suspension on the second lap.
"Right," she said, "now I've got some racing to do." But, um… "Crap! I'm blind!"
And so, two completely blind laps later, she finished last. Again. With yet more wounds on her MR2.
Now it's time to see who's in what final!
Final A (Champions' Final): Jamiebel Angkahan, Tanner Foust, Alaina Friesen, Ken Block
Final B: Bernan Angkahan, Lindsea Friesen, Shivan Friesen, JT Osborn, Jessica Osborn, Travis Pastrana
Final C (Losers' Final): Jim Eligino, Davina Angkahan-Valerio, Angelica Ortega, Pam Bautista, Adam Morales
"That means that you and I are racing against each other," I noted, to Davina. She nodded.
"Aw, man – I wanted to go against you!" Lindsea complained.
"But if you think about the scoring system here, it's quite clever, because you get to end up in a final, no matter how rubbish you are!"
