Tuesday, March 07, 2006 the race of tomorrow one day, one of the greatest races in nascar history will take place during the championship race at the three-mile concrete oval that will be known as seattle motor speedway. it will be a thrilling contest: in the first half alone, there will be seventy lead changes among each of the fifty competitors which will make the event everything and more than even the cheering washington fans will have expected. under bright musco lights on that brisk evening, the white flag will wave first over the hood of the bright blue and gold toyota camry of nineteen-year-old canadian sensation karen oswego. the defending recipient of the bill elliott most popular driver award, oswego will drive deep into the forty-degree banking of turn one because less than a carlength behind her will be two of the best in the business. the first will be none other than oswego’s on-track rival asuma kideki, the pride of osaka, japan. kideki’s orange honda accord will lurk in oswego’s draft, its driver waiting to use his patented ‘melbourne maneuver’ to secure his second title with a victory in seattle. kideki will have to act quickly to do so for in his tire tracks will be the red audi of veteran bill lester, the first african-american to win in nascar since wendell scott, and the four fresh michelins lester will have picked up during the last caution will have put him in the catbird's seat. two seconds behind lester will be a ferocious pack of twelve cars: jaguars, ferarris, volvos, and even a pair of chevrolets all of whom will still be banging and swerving off of each other racing three and four-wide on the backstretch for every last point in what will be the final fleeting seconds of the season. the leaders will spring off of turn four and onto the frontstretch and puffs of smoke will rise from the driver’s side door of oswego’s car as kideki will make his move on the inside, get loose, and make contact which will open the door for lester to make a run on his inside, making it three-wide! and who will win it?! stay tuned.
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