Gloria was in her car and on her way to the speedway, she wanted to be there early enough to pick just the right seat in the bleachers, she wanted a view of the pits and also the infield where the demolition derby actually took place, the idea of this derby was to knock out the other cars by disabling them to the point that they would not run any longer, this meant smashing the hell out of them, most of the drivers were very good at avoiding, the bad hits so as to keep their car running, but Demo Man was known as the best.
It was a very exciting type of competition especially for the fans, they loved all the excitement of smashing cars, kind of like bumper cars for grown-ups, this had always been one of Gloria's favorite aspects of racing, and now she would meet the man who could make all her dreams come true, "what a day" she thought.
Chad and his dad arrived at the track and gained admittance, and was going over his car thoroughly to make sure it was in strong condition to take the beating a car was put through in one of these competitions, it seemed to be ready so Chad said, come on dad, I'll buy you a cup of coffee, as he swung his arm around his dad's neck in a hugging kind of way. Gloria arrived awhile later and she picked her spot to sit, just where she had hoped to be, now all she had to do was wait for the excitement to start. The seats were filling up as expected, for the big race today, the winning stakes were quite high, and there was a big field of cars entered, it would be dangerously exciting today.
And so it began, they had several heats, because there were so many cars signed in, Chad would be in a later heat, because he had a reputation for being one of the best; however the winner of each heat or car still running would then compete against each other for the big trophy. But in due time he entered the track and headed towards the in-field to great cheers from the crowd, Gloria didn't have to be watching to know this was her man, but she didn't take her eyes off him for a second.
Chad's adrenalin was pumping as he maneuvered his car, in and around the others so as toin flict damage but not receive it, he was fast putting the other cars out of commission, and he was holding up real well, it just seemed they kept joining the pack as fast as he disabled them, as long as they could get the car running again, they could come back form ore, he was starting to sweat, finally though, it seemed like forever, he was competinga gainst the winners of all the other heats and there were just four cars left and he was one of, t hem, heh ad just taken a bad hit to the right front fender, in fact it knocked it clear off. When he got it from behind, his head hit the headrest quite hard, even with the helmet he felt it, he wasd isoriented for a second but he put the pain aside and kept going, when he looked up again he realized, it was one other car and his, this was it, this was for the big money, he thought.