Garrett Duke

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I hope that your surgery will go well and that you will recover well afterwards.

That is no fun. I hope you are starting to feel better.

Garrett watches back from afar at everyone's emotions. "Well y'all," he finally says looking back at his car and back at them, "once I get this tire fixed, I'm off to The Boar's Nest. First round is on me if anyone wants to join." With that, he turns around and walks back to his car where he pulls out a spare tire and his equipment out from the trunk.

Garrett watches everyone cross the finish line and smiles as Jesse and Miz Tisdale argue with Deputy Strate. After they leave the deputy's area, he confidently walks over to them with his hands tucked in his pockets. "Well y'all," he drawls, "congrats on a great race. I haven't had that much fun, in. . ." he pauses and shrugs, "forever."

Garrett Duke's heart sinks heavily in anger and disappointment as he sees Hobie's car catch up besides him after holding such a beautiful lead over him only minutes before. Momentarily his reaction goes back to what he would have done a few years ago when he was in Atlanta and "accidently" swerve to run Hobie off the road, but he quickly dismisses that thought. He couldn't do that to Hobie or anyone in the race. Taking a deep breath, he does the only thing he can do and that is stand on the gas pedal and pray to cross the finish line first. "C'mon Spittin' Cobra," he hisses at his car, "don't fail me now. I'll patch you up and spoil you once we cross that line!" He pats the dashboard of his car and smiles as his beloved car responds with a jolt forward just as he reaches the finish line barely ahead of Hobie who crosses the line a half second after him. Garrett shows an unheard of reaction by pumping his fist up and says, "Way to go, Spittin' Cobra. You did it!" With that he pulls the car over to the right to park in a parking spot and slowly climbs out to watch the rest of the field come through the finish line to cheer them on.

Garrett allows a bit of excitement as the finish line comes into view several feet ahead. He glances behind to see his competition momentarily and as he looks ahead he hits a bump and cusses out loudly and regains control of his car. With the finish line coming he feels his passenger tire going flat. Frustrated, but not giving up, Garrett pushes the gas pedal farther down to force his car to go faster in hope of making it to the finish line ahead of everyone else.

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That is incredibly sad. Just breaks my heart for all those poor animals.

Do you know if the shelter is a no kill or a kill shelter? If you don't know you could research it and if it's no kill that may convince them to help catch the poor kitty. That is frustrating and the poor kitty is suffering and needs help and support. I don't blame you. There are people out there worthy of your trust, but there a lot of people out there that isn't worthy. I feel most if not all animals are trust worthy. I have a water bottle that says Dogs make me happy. People make my head hurt.

Garrett is in disbelief as Hobie takes a short lead before he regains it and sees an unfamiliar car approaching before being slowed down due to what looks to be life jackets. "Thanks for the save, Skipper," he slightly smiles as he gains more of a lead over the field.

Seeing how fast Hobie and Uncle Jesse had gotten their vehicles to go fast, Garrett wonders what kind of work they put into their vehicles and why Garrett for once decided to race fair. "This is why NASCAR has all them silly rules," he mutters to himself as he momentarily holds Hobie off in hopes of making it to the finish line first.

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"Dang it," Garrett hisses to himself in frustration as he sees Hobie catching up while wondering how Hobie managed to catch up as quickly as he did. Shaking his head he thinks momentarily of blocking Hobie, but didn't want to wreck his car in attempt at doing so. Instead he focuses on pushing the gas pedal farther down and to help his car get faster than what he was doing.

Garrett gets worried when his car sputters and swears under his breath before he feels the power return to full throttle. Still worried about what that may have been, he tries to push it out of mind as he looks back and is disappointed to see his lead length shorten due to the sputter. Shaking his head, he does the only thing he can do. Look ahead and shove the gas pedal to the floor and a hint of a smile crosses his face to feel the strong power of Spittin' Cobra back full force.

Garrett can't believe his luck as everything is going smoothly and he takes an eye off the finish line and is surprised at the amount of action that is going on behind him that he is missing.

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Garrett watched Roger slow dramatically down in his rear view mirror with a hint of concern, but seeing him drop to third, assumed and hoped he was ok before looking forward with excitement with nothing but the finish line in view ahead of him.

Animal

Just as Garrett passes Hobie for the lead, he sees Roger coming up quick behind him. Impressed, surprised, and shocked, Garrett hits the gas pedal all the way down in attempt not to get ran over by Roger.

Oooo I'll have to push play. I bet they are great too.

Garrett swerves away from Hobie and shove his foot on the gas to speed a head of Hobie. . .

Garrett puts the gas down and sneaks up on everyone . . .

Thank you for the updates, Hoss. It's great to read about the other types of car races and what's going on with them. NASCAR Cup Series raced last night in Atlanta. As has been the norm lately, sadly I didn't get to watch it as I don't have the channel it was on. But I am excited to report that Chase Elliott ended his 44 race winless streak at his hometown in Atlanta last night!!! I'm sorry for the lack of details, that's the one that struck out to me. HA Analysis: Elliott, Hendrick punch another playoff ticket | NASCAR NASCAR Cup Series at Atlanta Motor Speedway Live Leaderboard, Results, & Updates Elliott wins wild, action-packed Cup race at Atlanta | NASCAR

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