“Faster! Faster!” She urged her car along, wanting more speed than it was willing to give. “Come on!” Her foot pushed harder on the already flattened gas pedal and her hand pounded on the steering wheel. She could see other cars coming up behind her and needed to go!

There was a right curve coming up and she instinctively leaned her body to the right, hopeful to make the turn easier and not lose too much speed. The tires squealed in protest, but her foot refused to back off of the gas. Another right turn, then a left was coming, then another quick left. She was sure she was leaving tire marks on the road, but she didn’t want to risk taking her eyes off of what was in front of her to glance in the rear view to see.

Finally, she approached another right turn, followed shortly with another right. “Where does this end!” she beeped the horn several times in frustration. Her car simply wasn’t going fast enough. “Water!” she screamed when she saw another large puddle of water before her. This time she braced herself for the impact and hydroplaning that was sure to come. “Ahhhhhhhhh!” her scream was in excitement this time around. She knew what to expect after her last water encounter and the floating feeling and water flying all around were a welcome thrill.

She felt her tires make purchase on dry pavement again, and sped forward. Just a head she had a choice to make, straight or turn right. Not wanting to sacrifice speed, she chose straight. The car flew forward and she could just make out the finish line. BEEP BEEP BEEP her horn blared as she cruised across the finish line and slammed the brakes, bringing her vehicle to a sudden stop. “That was awesome!”

She smiled brightly at Professor Stewart and tried to eye her time. She hoped it was fast enough and wondered if she should have picked a different car. Her’s had felt so slow and she hoped it hadn’t been a dud.