The Races

Anticipation clog the air.

Burned rubber drifts on the cool breeze.

Engines growl their fury.

Racers pull up to the starting line.

Quarter mile will decide their fate.

Drivers challenge each other with the revving of their engines.

The yellow light flares, the second light flare, 

Green light flares and off they go!

Roaring of the cars drown out the cheers of the crowd. 

Eardrums splitting and mouth grinning.

They tear down the track leaving clouds of burned rubber.

So close the cars are. 

Neck to neck.

One pulls ahead by a nose and wins this round.