Keith Gachett
Professor Carey
English 111
June 20, 2005
What Drives Them To Drive?
People wonder what would make a man drive around in a circle, small or large. Five hundred miles at speeds up to two hundred plus miles per hour would cause any normal person to get dizzy. Almost every weekend forty some odd men do it. Is it a contact high from the one hundred plus octane fuel? Is it to prove that you are the best? The majority of the population has questioned this for eons. A lot of them believe it is in their genes or their jeans. What would drive them to risk life and limb to be the first one to cross the start/finish line? The same line they have just crossed anywhere from two hundred to five hundred times in the past couple of hours. "Don't worry it is just a Sunday afternoon drive with a few friends along." they would joke.
A few friends, in comparison take the combined number of seated spectators of the Super Bowl, World Series, and the U.S. Open would still leave......
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