SPORTS CAR RACING- FIBERSPORTS

NOT EVERY EIGHT YEAR OLD GIRL GETS TO RIDE 2400 MILES IN A CROSLEY HOTSHOT, ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE IS A MIDDLE CHILD OF FIVE.

I knew my parents were leaving for a trip. I'm not sure that I knew where they were going, or why - but a trip was to be made. The afternoon before they were to leave, the car was in my Father's garage getting a service once-over. Mom was at the shop (she did the bookkeeping and kept order in the office) and when I stopped by on my way home from school, she asked me "do you think you could find a place to ride in the car?"

I walked over to the car and looked in, two slightly padded seats sat side by side, separated by a metal sheet covered hump with a gearshift at the front edge of the seat. The open space between the seats at the back opened directly into the trunk of the small car.