Story: The young Hal Sommers is a world renowned engineer and car mechanic. He loves his line of work and works for a racer - Sam Bedingfield - as his personal engineer and mechanic. His engineering skills and quick problem solving abilities are known around the workshops and many wants him into their team. But Hal refuses to leave his employer's side even if he has to endure Sam's loving harassments.
One day Hal gets a visit from Sam's biggest rival who asks him to come and work for him with a promise to fulfill Hal's childhood dream, and when Sam finds out about this visit he distances himself from Hal even though the world championship is just around the corner. Hal realizes he misses Sam's childish harassments and that there's something more going on than just an employer/employee relationship. Who wins what and at what cost?
Special thanks to an anonymous Swedish racer who helped me with all the details!
Inspiration: Redline (anime) and my time as a motorman.
Music used as mood-setter:
- "EUROPASS" from Redline Soundtrack
- "Yellow Line" from Redline Soundtrack
- "Redline Day" from Redline Sountrack
He stood there and pulled on the screw with the
wrench. It was stuck hard and Hal had to use a hammer to make it loose enough
to open. The engine was hot and it smelled of oil and burned gas. The engine
had been over-heated during the test drive Sam had made and Hal had to figure
out why. He was thinking about the thermostat being broken and was screwing it
lose to check its condition. Nothing seemed to be wrong with it and he put it
back again to its place. Then he took out an oily rag from his working overall
and put up his shoulder-length blond hair with it. Then he sighed and stared at
the engine with his hands resting on his hips while he thought hard.
He checked the tank for the radiator and saw that there was too little water inside. So the cooling system was leaking, but where? He had changed gaskets last week and that was the reason why he hadn’t checked the cooling system first.
He pulled out a flashlight and examined the engine quickly but decided to start the engine to get the pressure up so the leaking would be revealed as the cooling water would gush out from the leaking spot. As he stared at the growling engine with his green eyes he suddenly saw that there was water dripping out from underneath the engine. He sighed heavily again and pulled out the flashlight again. He knelt next to the red race car and tried to look under the engine but he couldn't see the actual leak but only the dripping water.
He decided to stop the engine and give up for the day. It was right past midnight and he was tired after the day's hard work.
He checked the tank for the radiator and saw that there was too little water inside. So the cooling system was leaking, but where? He had changed gaskets last week and that was the reason why he hadn’t checked the cooling system first.
He pulled out a flashlight and examined the engine quickly but decided to start the engine to get the pressure up so the leaking would be revealed as the cooling water would gush out from the leaking spot. As he stared at the growling engine with his green eyes he suddenly saw that there was water dripping out from underneath the engine. He sighed heavily again and pulled out the flashlight again. He knelt next to the red race car and tried to look under the engine but he couldn't see the actual leak but only the dripping water.
He decided to stop the engine and give up for the day. It was right past midnight and he was tired after the day's hard work.
