Sportsway GoCart

It was a warm summer morning, July 26 to be exact.  The day my sister Erika turned 8.  It was a really exciting day because we were going to Sportsway (and sort of because Erika was turning 8)!  We were turning into Sportsway.  My parents, Erika, my cousins Samantha and Ryan and I walked over to the Go Cart track to decide what we would do.

"I want to do GoCartting," I proclaimed.

"I do to," said Erika.

"Ok, we'll go GoCarting," said my dad, going to buy tickets.

I loved GoCarting (even though I wasn't really good at it).  I liked the feeling of the speed and the G-Force.  My dad got 8 tickets and we headed to the line.  It was 10:00 A.M. and the lines were empty, a great time to GoCart.

"How many," said the helper sluggishly, apparently someone didn't get their morning coffee.

My dad gave him 4 tickets 2 single cars (for Samantha and I) and 2 double carts (For my Mom, Dad, Ryan and Erika).  Samantha and I ran over to the single cars in the garage area while everyone else went to the double cars in the garage.  I quickly hopped into the rainbow car.

"Hey, I wanted that car," said Samantha.

"Fine," I said hopping into a blue car infront of Samantha.

"I bet we can beat you," mocked Erika.

"You're on," I yelled back.

I put my feet on the gas and break peddle as the helper made his rounds through the maze of GoCarts.

"Do you know how to use the peddles." asked the man, still sleepy.

"Yeah," I replied, I wasn't dumb, "The one on the right is the go peddle and the left one is the stop peddle."

"No," he said.

 I was definatly right.  The right one said "GO", the red one said "BREAK".  He must've been cross eyed or somthing because I was right.  Once he finished checking with us, he lifted the tire holding the cars back, and let us go.  I stompped down on the gas peddle and went whizzing infront of everyone.  Slow pokes, I thought.  I looked forward qnd realized that I was aproaching my first turn,180 degrees.  I grabbed the wheel and took the turn at the last minute.  The sharp turn gave me the feeling that I was falling.  I sped through the next turn and into the tunnel.  I looked back to see my dad and Erika on my tail.  I pushed the gas peddle all the way.  I had to beat them.  I had to prove Erika wrong.  I went throught the maze of twists and turns now farther from my dad and Erika.  Suddenly, I was surrounded by a cloud of smoke.  It burned my eyes like lemons in a cut.  Where was it coming from, I ask myself.  I realized that I was driving right next to Samantha.  The rainbow car that she was in, was creating a lot of smoke and a ch, ch, ch, ch noise.  It was probably the engine over heating because moments later, it stopped.  I wanted to stop and help, but the track was only wide enough for 2 cars.  I would've been blocking everyone else.  As I got back up to speed, I saw the sleepy man running over to her car.  He pulled this string a few times, like when you try to turn on a lawn mower.  Then she was up and moving again (the smoke was still pouring out the exhaust).  Was driving through a turn, I realized that my mom and Ryan were moving very slowly.  How was I going ti get passed them.  Then it hit me, they took big turns around each corner.  All I had to do was cut infront of them.  I aproched them at a staggering speed.  I bumped into them, but made it through. Behind me I heard again, the ch, ch, ch, ch.  It was Samantha.  Behind her trailed a big cloud of smoke.  I could no longer see my mom and Ryan.  I stepped onto the gas peddle harder then I had that day.  I sped through another round and then into the garage are.  I had won!  My dad and Erika came in next then came my mom and Ryan.  Then out of the blue, my cart was launched forward.  My head hit the stearing wheel and I almost flew out of the cart its self.  I later found out that Samantha didn't know how to use the brakes, so she sped into the garage area and crashed into me.  It was actually really fun, getting stuck in a cloud of smoke, crashing and the competative atmosphere.