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Emma Johnson
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David Smith
Now the rest of the story it's been going on for a week now. Police officer has been parked along a California highway, the one connecting Glendale and Los Angeles. Each morning he's had his eye on the same speeder, same fellow driving the same black roadster. Surely as fast as the car would go, but so far no luck in catching him. Monday he was taken by surprise. Tuesday the police car stalled. Wednesday, the officer had already stopped another speeder. Thursday he was parked in the other direction and could not turn around fast enough. Aha. But now it's Friday and the officer is ready, and he is parked at an intersection where all traffic must stop. And he is waiting. And sure enough, at 7:15 he hears the familiar roar of the approaching black roadster, brakes squealing. The car stops at the intersection. At last the officer has his man. Well, he has a boy, really, much younger than he had appeared in a blur, and the young fellow is now very frightened.
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Jessica Gold
Where?
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David Smith
Says the policeman gruffly. Where is the fire? The boy smiles uncomfortably. Name? The young man manages to stammer that his name is I Lard. He works for a newspaper. All this week he's been late for his job. Maybe the long hours are getting to him. You're going to give me a ticket? He asks. The policeman scratches his chin, sizing up the situation, and he says, he says, no, not this time. But the boy's relief is premature, because, you see, the officer has an alternative punishment in mind. You're going to San Jose day after tomorrow, he says. Sunday? That's right, Sunday, the policeman answers. There's a racetrack in San Jose, usually more cars than drivers. What you're going to do is choose an unoccupied car and you're going to drive out on that track and you are going to get all of that speeding out of your system, and only then may you come back to the police station and get your own car, because until then, that's where it's going to be impounded. So it was not a joke, it was not a bluff. The policeman impounded I large black roadster. The youngster did go to San Jose that Sunday, and what happened was not at all what the officer had intended. Because when the boy got out on that racetrack, he loved it. He thought there was no place else he would ever, ever want to be. Now fans of auto racing will remember one of the greats. Been gone 60 years now, almost to the day. But what a career had Ted Horn. Ted horn held 89 official American racetrack records, including the record for most consistent finishes in the Indy 500 until Al Unser. And you know what else? All through the 20th century, only he had ever won the National Driving Championship three years in a row. So racing fans know I lard Theodore Ted Horn. Oh, they know Ted Horn. But you know that he would never have made it on the racetrack had he, age 16, not been stopped by a cop for speeding. Because now you know the rest of the story.
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Jessica Gold
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