This is the 56th a series of 365 Flash Fiction stories I’m writing. You can find out more about the challenge here.
Imperial Spirit, by Jonathan L. Lawrence, 26th January 2012
Word count: 856
Theme: race, motor racing, sport, underdog, down to the wire, photo finish, drama
The story:
“You’ll have to manage with fourth,” Rossi said over the radio into Julian’s helmet.
“Easy for you to say,” Julian retorted as he cambered left for the sweeping corner.
“You’re twenty seven seconds up on Garner, just keep it clean and bring the car home,” Rossi instructed.
Julian didn’t reply, he settled into the fight off the championship, this race wouldn’t decide who got the trophy, but it could easily decide who didn’t.
The damaged Mercedes thundered down the straight coming out of the corner, but quickly became the sound of a dying gear box as it tried to find fifth.
Through the next corner Julian barely braked, he wasn’t carrying enough speed to afford the luxury. He sped over the home straight towards the start-finish line and started his final lap.
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