Post by RaceFanX on Jul 8, 2006 22:21:28 GMT -5
This is a short fic designed only to set up the story for Dogs of Thunder 3 (good guys, bad guys, plot, etc.). Seeing as how the pups weren't that key to the ontrack action last time out I'm stretching reality to work them in directly. Enjoy and see you in the real fic coming this fall.
(The fic opens with a bang! We’re at the Grutley Motor Speedway for the action packed finale to the spring event, its night race. Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads followed by Jimmie Johnson and Ryan Newman. They are well ahead of Kurt Busch and Jeff Gordon who are battling for 4th. Carl Edwards, Jeff Burton, Mark Martin, Kasey Khane, Elliott Sadler, and Casey Mears race by to round out the top ten. Michael Waltrip’s crew has the hood up on pit road of the #55 NAPA Auto Parts Dodge. But the race announcers are loving the race for the win.)
Mike Joy: And with that there will be only 3 laps left in the Cap’n Buddy’s Seafood Restaurants 500!
Darrel Waltrip: This is goin’ be an absolute war!
Larry McReynolds: Jimmie is givin’ him everything he’s got. Junior had better make that big red Budweiser #8 as wide as it could be.
(Meanwhile off Turn 3, several of the pups have sneaked in)
Sparky (oddly enough, wearing a Dodge logo dog tag instead of his usual one): This is a great race! Get‘em Junior!
Slayer: YEAH!
Fuzzball: Go for it Carl Edwards, don’t give up!
Patriot: Give it up Fuzzball. The Fords can’t win tonight. Mark Martin is 7th with a sick motor, he can’t win. I guess I hope Little E pulls it off.
Fuzzball: It wouldn’t be sick if you had worked on it Patriot.
Patriot: Yeah, well I don’t see that happening soon.
(In the pits, Johnson’s crew chief Chad Knaus talks to his driver via a radio)
Chad: Jimmie, if you are goin’ make your move you should do it now.
Jimmie: Don’t worry Chad; I’m goin’ bring it home. (slightly evil laugh)
(However, in the pits it’s another story)
Michael Waltrip: Shot, another DNF. This Dodge just can’t get the job done.
NAPA Crew Member: Well we’ll do better with the Toyota’s next year. That new Camry is slick.
Michael: Yeah, but I need the results now.
Darrel Waltrip (off screen on speakers): White flag, one to go!
(The top 3 dart into Turn 1 with Johnson making a move low. Junior slams the door off Turn 2 to keep the lead. Heading into Turns 3 and 4 Johnson goes low again. Junior moves the red #8 down again but Jimmie doesn’t back, actually going out of his way to make contact with Junior’s back end at over 175 MPH coming into the Tri-oval! Junior spins backward, collecting Newman in a bone jarring crash as Johnson drives by to win the race. Junior and Newman cross the line 2nd and 3rd with destroyed cars. The crowd, announcers, and pups are straight up shocked. Dale Jr. and Ryan emerge from their cars unharmed but the crowd is ticked. Jimmie spins some celebrators donuts to a chorus of boos)
Sparky: WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! You can’t do that! He did that on purpose.
Slayer: YEAH! Take the win away like what they did to Ricky Rudd at Sonoma in 91.
Patriot: You know if Big E had done that you would all think that was cool, but I agree that was wrong. Oh well, let’s go. We can still beat the traffic.
(A cloud of tire smoke produced by Johnson’s victory celebration acts as a scene transition to several months later as teams plan their ideas for the fall Kanine Krunchies 500. The first scene is at Bill Davis Motorsports, home of the #22, #23, and #55 cars. A Japanese Executive is in the room with the pit crews and drivers. Everyone is in a good mood)
Michael Waltrip: Man, this is great, NASCAR has approved the new Camrys. We’ll better ready to race for the 07 Daytona 500!
Japanese Executive: And that is why I am here to see you Mr. Waltrip-san. You see we want to win Daytona and would like to request an earlier use in race conditions to get the cars ready.
Michael: What?
Japanese Executive: We on the board of directors of Toyota Motorsports want to run the cars in one race in 2006 to help prepare them. We want you to race the cars in the Grutley 500 to warm up for 07. Plus a win would help crush the enemies’ hopes.
Dave Blaney (driver of the #22): I don’t think they’re ready.
Japanese Executive: We’ll make them ready. We want as many entries as possible in the race, including Michael Waltrip Motorsports and Team Red Bull.
(The announcement of an early Toyota debut sends the NASCAR community until overdrive to come up with plans to beat them. At Dale Earnhardt Inc. (home of the #1, #8, and #15 cars), the crew tries to think up a way to beat them.)
Dale Earnhardt Jr: I had it won! I had it won! And Jimmie wrecked me. But that car was just great. I think if we fix it I could get him.
Tony Eury Jr.: The car was a total loss Dale, we sold it to an ARCA team at a loss.
Dale: Dang it. (looks at a trophy case) I won the Kanine Krunchies 500 back to back in 03 and 04 but last year that loose battery connection cost me a chance for the trifecta and let Kyle Busch win. In fact, as a whole we’ve struggled lately, okay minus the win at Richmond. Our restrictor plate success just hasn’t translated.
Martin Truex Jr. (Driver of the #1): Too bad Grutley isn’t a plate track.
Dale: Martin what did you say?
Martin: It’s too bad Grutley isn’t a plate track, you know, because we run better there.
Dale: THAT’S IT! We’ll use our plate cars and engines without the plates. We’ll run Menard too and use our drafting techniques.
Tony: That’s crazy…But just crazy enough to work…
(At Roush Racing it’s another story…)
Jack Roush: Boys, if we are going to beat the Toyotas we need to think outside the box. And here is what I am thinking. (puts a video into a TV/VCR combo set up in the room. The video shows clips of RaceFanX the character’s Mercury from previous fics)
Jack Roush: Pay no attention to the driver of that car, he went to Europe to run the WRC but note the car. That car is not stock in the least, it motor is built from second rate parts heavily tuned by a new builder I’d like to hire for the Grutley race. If that was with junk think what he could do with top quality stuff. I just wonder if you’ll take me serious on this one.
Greg Biffle: Well, who is it Jack?
Mark Martin: Yeah Jack, you don’t waste our time with nonsense.
Jack: Alright (he fast forwards the tape to a point where it pans to Patriot working under the hood)
Carl Edwards: Whoa, that puppy. Ah, I’ve seen weirder.
Jamie McMurray: Carl, do I really want to know what you’ve seen that’s weirder than that.
Carl: No, you don’t.
Matt Kenseth: I don’t know Jack, if an experimental engine blows I mean only Mark and I are solidly in Chase position.
Jack: Well than we’ll only run’em in your cars. We’ve gotta win that race.
Mark: Whatever, I’m retiring at the end of the year, let’s do it.
(At the farm things go on as normal)
Lucky: Come on guys, we have to go stop Cruella’s plan to blow up the dam and flood the farm.
Cadpig: Yeah let’s go. Hey, where’s Spot?
(Somewhere else)
Two-Tone (holding an axe preparing to behead her): Die chicken!
(Patriot checks emails)
Patriot: Spam, spam, eBay promotion notice, job offer. Hmm, read. Dear Patriot Dearly we would like you to build 2 engines for our cars for upcoming Kanine Krunchies 500 yada yada all the top quality parts you need yada yada signed Jack Roush. Haha Sparky, nice one with the prank email.
Sparky: I didn’t send you a prank email.
Patriot: But that means…HOLY…
TO BE CONTUNINED in
DOGS OF THUNDER 3: CHECKERS OR WRECKERS!
"I won the Daytona 500! I won the Daytona 500! This is the Daytona 500 isn't it" Darrel Waltrip
(The fic opens with a bang! We’re at the Grutley Motor Speedway for the action packed finale to the spring event, its night race. Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads followed by Jimmie Johnson and Ryan Newman. They are well ahead of Kurt Busch and Jeff Gordon who are battling for 4th. Carl Edwards, Jeff Burton, Mark Martin, Kasey Khane, Elliott Sadler, and Casey Mears race by to round out the top ten. Michael Waltrip’s crew has the hood up on pit road of the #55 NAPA Auto Parts Dodge. But the race announcers are loving the race for the win.)
Mike Joy: And with that there will be only 3 laps left in the Cap’n Buddy’s Seafood Restaurants 500!
Darrel Waltrip: This is goin’ be an absolute war!
Larry McReynolds: Jimmie is givin’ him everything he’s got. Junior had better make that big red Budweiser #8 as wide as it could be.
(Meanwhile off Turn 3, several of the pups have sneaked in)
Sparky (oddly enough, wearing a Dodge logo dog tag instead of his usual one): This is a great race! Get‘em Junior!
Slayer: YEAH!
Fuzzball: Go for it Carl Edwards, don’t give up!
Patriot: Give it up Fuzzball. The Fords can’t win tonight. Mark Martin is 7th with a sick motor, he can’t win. I guess I hope Little E pulls it off.
Fuzzball: It wouldn’t be sick if you had worked on it Patriot.
Patriot: Yeah, well I don’t see that happening soon.
(In the pits, Johnson’s crew chief Chad Knaus talks to his driver via a radio)
Chad: Jimmie, if you are goin’ make your move you should do it now.
Jimmie: Don’t worry Chad; I’m goin’ bring it home. (slightly evil laugh)
(However, in the pits it’s another story)
Michael Waltrip: Shot, another DNF. This Dodge just can’t get the job done.
NAPA Crew Member: Well we’ll do better with the Toyota’s next year. That new Camry is slick.
Michael: Yeah, but I need the results now.
Darrel Waltrip (off screen on speakers): White flag, one to go!
(The top 3 dart into Turn 1 with Johnson making a move low. Junior slams the door off Turn 2 to keep the lead. Heading into Turns 3 and 4 Johnson goes low again. Junior moves the red #8 down again but Jimmie doesn’t back, actually going out of his way to make contact with Junior’s back end at over 175 MPH coming into the Tri-oval! Junior spins backward, collecting Newman in a bone jarring crash as Johnson drives by to win the race. Junior and Newman cross the line 2nd and 3rd with destroyed cars. The crowd, announcers, and pups are straight up shocked. Dale Jr. and Ryan emerge from their cars unharmed but the crowd is ticked. Jimmie spins some celebrators donuts to a chorus of boos)
Sparky: WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! You can’t do that! He did that on purpose.
Slayer: YEAH! Take the win away like what they did to Ricky Rudd at Sonoma in 91.
Patriot: You know if Big E had done that you would all think that was cool, but I agree that was wrong. Oh well, let’s go. We can still beat the traffic.
(A cloud of tire smoke produced by Johnson’s victory celebration acts as a scene transition to several months later as teams plan their ideas for the fall Kanine Krunchies 500. The first scene is at Bill Davis Motorsports, home of the #22, #23, and #55 cars. A Japanese Executive is in the room with the pit crews and drivers. Everyone is in a good mood)
Michael Waltrip: Man, this is great, NASCAR has approved the new Camrys. We’ll better ready to race for the 07 Daytona 500!
Japanese Executive: And that is why I am here to see you Mr. Waltrip-san. You see we want to win Daytona and would like to request an earlier use in race conditions to get the cars ready.
Michael: What?
Japanese Executive: We on the board of directors of Toyota Motorsports want to run the cars in one race in 2006 to help prepare them. We want you to race the cars in the Grutley 500 to warm up for 07. Plus a win would help crush the enemies’ hopes.
Dave Blaney (driver of the #22): I don’t think they’re ready.
Japanese Executive: We’ll make them ready. We want as many entries as possible in the race, including Michael Waltrip Motorsports and Team Red Bull.
(The announcement of an early Toyota debut sends the NASCAR community until overdrive to come up with plans to beat them. At Dale Earnhardt Inc. (home of the #1, #8, and #15 cars), the crew tries to think up a way to beat them.)
Dale Earnhardt Jr: I had it won! I had it won! And Jimmie wrecked me. But that car was just great. I think if we fix it I could get him.
Tony Eury Jr.: The car was a total loss Dale, we sold it to an ARCA team at a loss.
Dale: Dang it. (looks at a trophy case) I won the Kanine Krunchies 500 back to back in 03 and 04 but last year that loose battery connection cost me a chance for the trifecta and let Kyle Busch win. In fact, as a whole we’ve struggled lately, okay minus the win at Richmond. Our restrictor plate success just hasn’t translated.
Martin Truex Jr. (Driver of the #1): Too bad Grutley isn’t a plate track.
Dale: Martin what did you say?
Martin: It’s too bad Grutley isn’t a plate track, you know, because we run better there.
Dale: THAT’S IT! We’ll use our plate cars and engines without the plates. We’ll run Menard too and use our drafting techniques.
Tony: That’s crazy…But just crazy enough to work…
(At Roush Racing it’s another story…)
Jack Roush: Boys, if we are going to beat the Toyotas we need to think outside the box. And here is what I am thinking. (puts a video into a TV/VCR combo set up in the room. The video shows clips of RaceFanX the character’s Mercury from previous fics)
Jack Roush: Pay no attention to the driver of that car, he went to Europe to run the WRC but note the car. That car is not stock in the least, it motor is built from second rate parts heavily tuned by a new builder I’d like to hire for the Grutley race. If that was with junk think what he could do with top quality stuff. I just wonder if you’ll take me serious on this one.
Greg Biffle: Well, who is it Jack?
Mark Martin: Yeah Jack, you don’t waste our time with nonsense.
Jack: Alright (he fast forwards the tape to a point where it pans to Patriot working under the hood)
Carl Edwards: Whoa, that puppy. Ah, I’ve seen weirder.
Jamie McMurray: Carl, do I really want to know what you’ve seen that’s weirder than that.
Carl: No, you don’t.
Matt Kenseth: I don’t know Jack, if an experimental engine blows I mean only Mark and I are solidly in Chase position.
Jack: Well than we’ll only run’em in your cars. We’ve gotta win that race.
Mark: Whatever, I’m retiring at the end of the year, let’s do it.
(At the farm things go on as normal)
Lucky: Come on guys, we have to go stop Cruella’s plan to blow up the dam and flood the farm.
Cadpig: Yeah let’s go. Hey, where’s Spot?
(Somewhere else)
Two-Tone (holding an axe preparing to behead her): Die chicken!
(Patriot checks emails)
Patriot: Spam, spam, eBay promotion notice, job offer. Hmm, read. Dear Patriot Dearly we would like you to build 2 engines for our cars for upcoming Kanine Krunchies 500 yada yada all the top quality parts you need yada yada signed Jack Roush. Haha Sparky, nice one with the prank email.
Sparky: I didn’t send you a prank email.
Patriot: But that means…HOLY…
TO BE CONTUNINED in
DOGS OF THUNDER 3: CHECKERS OR WRECKERS!
"I won the Daytona 500! I won the Daytona 500! This is the Daytona 500 isn't it" Darrel Waltrip