Proboards: Speedway

Welcome home, Jet. Now you can finally park it.

The Shoes doesn’t lie. But if this is real… Rex Rallison was robbed. He never raced again after that loss. He died broke.

His cursor hovered over the “Delete Forum” button at the bottom of the admin panel. He had the power to erase this entire digital ghost town with one click. He couldn’t do it. Not yet. speedway proboards

Then, a new user joined the thread. A username Kenny didn’t recognize. .

The last post before tonight had been eight days ago, a grainy photo of a rusted turn-one crash barrier captioned, “Remember when?” It had gotten three replies. Two were just “👍” and one was a broken link to a Photobucket image. Welcome home, Jet

This is James Jankowski. I am not in Costa Rica. I am in a studio apartment in Tulsa. And Colin is right. The engine was illegal. I used a magnetic clutch override that boosted horsepower for 90 seconds before melting the pistons. I told myself everyone cheated. I told myself it was just one lap. But Rex called me after the race. He said, “You didn’t beat me, Jimmy. You just broke your bike slower.” I laughed then. I haven’t laughed since. I’m sorry. To Rex’s family. To all of you. The board was the only place I could say it. Where the real fans are. The real ones deserve the real truth.

At 8:55 PM, the “Users Online” box at the bottom of the main page showed a single green dot: his own. But if this is real… Rex Rallison was robbed

Kenny wiped a tear from his eye. He looked at the “Delete Forum” button one last time. He closed the admin panel.