Chapter 168 - Naupaka Racing Circuit

Although J felt awkward, she still managed to reply with a "Thank you" and a small smile. Then she walks towards the pit road. Arthur silently followed her and said, "Chairman Jacob called. He's checking on you. He said he cannot contact your phone so he called me. He wanted me to tell you that he will be home late because he is stuck in a board meeting."

J stopped for a second and replied, "Okay." Just how did her right-hand man become Jacob's messenger? Her phone is just in a silent mode, not off, so probably he has been calling her but she's not answering her calls. He just told to Arthur that he cannot contact her to avoid complications.

When she walked over her car the gas man was just done filling the tank with fuel. Her Crew Chief approached her and said, "All is set, Miss J." J nodded and said, "Thank you." She stepped in her car and started off the engine.

After a couple of minutes, she is already taking her laps around the oval track at a speed of 130 to 140mph.

"Wow, she can really drive. When I found out from Felix that she is a race car driver, I really can't imagine her driving a race car. Did you?" Stefan said to Arthur. They were sitting not far away from the pit crew watching J as she takes the laps and monitoring the surroundings as well.

Arthur shakes his head. "She's full of surprise." Arthur always thought that J is just a simple housewife that loves being alone doing her own stuff. Yet as time goes by, they came to know her more. Who would have thought that her life is full of danger, that she is an heiress, a business magnate, and a racer?

After about 60 laps J made a pit stop. The jackman, tire carrier and changers and gasman all run to J's car for refueling and tire changing, while the Crew Chief walked towards the driver's seat and said something to J. Then after just 9 seconds she is back on track.

The Naupaka Racing Circuit is a 0.5 miles track situated on a 25-acre site mostly covered with trees. It has a 40,000-seat capacity but since President Martin bought it, they reconstruct the whole place and reduced its capacity into 30,000. They also build 3 log houses near the track that J and her crew can use. The oval track used to be a dirt track but it was paved during the reconstruction. In the middle of the track is open ground. Its main purpose is for J's driving practice. Since it has a 30,000-seat capacity, it was also rented out to hold some local racing events.

After 1 hour and 20 minutes, J finished 250 laps with a record of 120mph. When J steps out of her Racecar, she looks disappointed. The Crew Chief immediately rushed over her. "I thought you we're going to lose it. You were going too fast. Just to remind you, we are not in the Lotus City Motor Speedway."

Normally, she would go 180mph to 190mph with her Racecar whenever she is at Lotus City Motor Speedway, but this time she only managed to speed up at 120mph. This short track is quite a mayhem, she needed too much control causing her to slow down. But her Crew Chief was right, if she goes too fast on that turn, she might lose control and went into a somersault.