Thrills and Spills by Dominique Kyle

Author:Dominique Kyle [Kyle, Dominique]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-07-05T22:00:00+00:00

On the long drive over to the raceway next weekend, carefully picked to clash with something more important at the other end of the country, Jo finally said, “When you first suggested this last weekend I was overwhelmed with a sense of panic. But I didn’t say anything, because I could see it was the right thing to do. But afterwards I realised that I’d never ever been to a race without my Dad or my brother along and that seemed a bit ridiculous really.”

I listened with what I hoped was an encouraging look on my face.

“And I realised I had to take the plunge. Even though I’m finding it a lot bloody scarier than I ought to be…”

I knew what she meant. It was as though a big protective wall that had been wrapped around us had suddenly been removed allowing the cold wind to whistle through. We’d have to make all our own decisions about the car, and decide what to do with it to repair any damage between races.

“We’ve got to make the break sometime Jo…” I said.

She nodded.

“In fact Jo, I’ve had this idea. We could set up a side-line business, the two of us, maintaining women’s Stock cars for them…”

“What women?” Jo said derisively.

“Thing is, Jo,” I pointed out, “there aren’t that many right now, but in a year’s time after all the Thrills and Spills publicity, I’m betting there’ll be quite a few girls lining up to get into it… and we could be on hand to give them a leg up.”

She said nothing, just changed gear a bit sharply.

“I know I’m really lucky, Jo – if it hadn’t been for you having the grit and determination to hang on in there instead of taking all the hints to retire to the ladies charity races, I’d have never been able to approach your team, and your Dad and brother wouldn’t have looked twice at me if you hadn’t brought me home with you and made the introduction. But the fact remains that I’ve been relying on your menfolk to launch me, and it would be a brilliant thing if there was somewhere for other women to look to who want to get into the sport but don’t have a family dynasty behind them…”

“Hmmm,” she said, not giving anything away.

“And your Satterthwaite name is respected, Jo. Everyone knows that you’ve had a long apprenticeship on the track, so you’d start with good credentials…”

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