The Race

Three to four (usually) Japanese cars (that have been heavily modified) line up at the beginning of an empty street and are prepared to race each other to see which of them have the better car. Illegal street racing was all the hype in Los Angeles, California. I was visiting my cousin, Rajeewa, during the summer of 2000. Rajeewa had bought a metallic black, two door, hard top, 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse, around February of that year. Having …

…passed the finish line, and we stood there bewildered for another minute waiting for Rajeewa. In worry, Luib and I drove down the street looking for Rajeewa. Astonished at the sight of him, we stopped the car, got out and ran towards him. Asking him what had happened, in sadness he told us that the car stalled at the start line. Losing his car (which cost around $27,000) was not something that ever crossed our minds.