Chapter 217: Speed King (2)
Leo was oblivious to the situation outside the track. His world had shrunk to five meter patch of asphalt. Okun’s voice sounded from the speaker every now and then giving him the update of what was going on behind him. Leo acknowledged the situation with a yes every time. Leo held his position steadily till the fifteenth lap.
Okun said, "I think they are going to pull Dallas in for a pit stop next lap, you should come in now, and get a fresh set."
Leo agreed and said, "I will slow down, Terance is following me, I will let him take the lead for a bit and slow down to come in, then while he is trying to maintain the lead, I will get a fresh send and two laps later, we will have P1."
Okun was stunned but he nodded and Leo slowed down his exits from the various turns, and allowed Terance the guy in P3 to get ahead of him very slickly, as he made a turn in for the pits. He cashed in on the driver’s pride and character. The virtual realm had given him a data which suggested that Terance never gave up on a fight and that was what happened just now.
Leo entered the Pit lane, and the crew was ready for him. They received him hot, refueled, changed tyres and Leo took a sip of water as well. All this happened within two seconds, and then Leo was off again.
The technicians went back inside the paddock and Lily walked over to them with eyes open wide. This was the first time she saw the technicians changing tyres and refueling the car in such a quick move. One of the technician was a female, and Lily walked over to her and asked, "Big Sister, do you guys work in Go-kart races as well?"
The lady shook her head and Lily sighed, "What a shame, I would missed out on a set of magicians for myself when I race in Karts."
The lady and the rest of the crew was surprised and Okun asked, "What do you mean by Magicians, Young Miss."
Lily smiled and replied, "You all can change those big tyres and give fuel and water to my Baba in one second, are you not magicians?"
The people were stunned, and they realized that Lily, despite all her wisdom was still a child and she was warm in nature as well. Snow saw this and said, "Lily, come over and look, Baba is about to take the lead."
Lily ran over to stand beside her near the monitor, and the commentator Doyle yelled, "And here it is folks, Leo Cardinal driving around the curve as P1 Dallas and P2 Terance go to make a pit stop. Would he be able to take the lead? Would he? My word the Dayton Team has finished the stop, and similarly Krux team has also done a good job. Dallas and Terance heading out of the Pitlane with the maximum speed they are allowed to carry, and here comes Cardinal, he is moving in to kill.
My word that was close and with the difference of tenth of a second, Leo Cardinal is now P1!"