by Doris Miller
A week later, thousands of people are on the stands at the Dirt Bike competition shouting and cheering as big signs and banners read ‘THE DIAZ-DAVIDSON ORGANIZATION PRESENTS THE DIAZ-DAVIDSON DIRT BIKE COMPETITION’. Mike, Mitch and four other pre-teen boys are riding on motorized dirt-bikes, speeding the dirt-bikes down the dirt track as they wear helmets and dirt-bike outfits. A group of excited pre-teen girls in the stands shout, “Hey Mike and Mitch, could y’all give us a ride!” Mike, Mitch and the other pre-teen boys continue to speed their dirt-bikes down the dirt track. Around 20 white and Latino boys are at the start line. Mike, Mitch and four of the other boys ride to the start line. They start to line their dirt-bikes alongside each other facing the same direction. The rest of the boys start to line side by side and behind Mike and Mitch in 6 teams. Mike is at the head of line 3 as Mitch is at the head of line 4. The coach, a middle-aged male white, Barry, Tomas, Nicolas and Michael approach the boys. Barry, Nicolas, Tomas, Mickey and Michael fix all the boys’ outfits and helmets. Barry, Nicolas, Tomas, Michael and the coach step aside as the boys get ready to race. The boys start up their engines. Their engines roar as they get ready. Tomas turns to them and says, “Okay are you guys ready?”
“Yeah we’re ready Mr. Tomas,” one of the boys says.
“Okay then.” The gun sound pops. Mike, Mitch and the four boys at the head of their team gear up their engines. The second gun sound goes off! Mike, Mitch and the other four boys race down the dirt way as their teams and people in the stands start to cheer and shout, “Go Mitch! Go Mike!” Several people in the stands are holding up large banners and signs high in the air reading: ‘GO MIKE AND MITCH!’ Other people are holding up banners and signs reading ‘THE DIAZ-DAVIDSON YOUTH ORGANIZATION’. Mike, Mitch and the other four boys speed their dirt-bikes further down the dirt road as the crowd cheers, “Go Mike! Go Mitch!” Mike, Mitch and the other four boys continue to speed their motorized dirt-bikes, speeding the dirt-bikes down the dirt track.
Mike, Mitch and the other four boys soon speed to the finish line! The coach, Barry, Tomas, Nicolas and Michael hurry to Mike, Mitch and the other four boys. Mike, Mitch and the other four boys take off and remove their helmets as the rest of the team and some of the crowd from the stand hurry to them. Six other boys start to line side by side in 6 teams. The coach, Barry, Tomas, Nicolas and Michael approach the boys. Barry, Nicolas, Tomas, Mickey and Michael fix all the boys’ outfits and helmets. Barry, Nicolas, Tomas, Michael and the coach step aside as the boys get ready to race. The boys start up their engines. Their engines roar as they get ready. “Are you guys ready?”
“Yeah we’re ready Mr. Tomas,” the boys shout.
“Okay!” The gun sound pops. Mike, Mitch and the other four boys at the head of their team gear up their engines. The second gun sound goes off! Mike, Mitch and the other four boys race down the dirt way as their teams and people in the stands start to shout and cheer! Several people in the stands are holding up large banners and signs high in the air reading ‘THE DIAZ-DAVIDSON YOUTH ORGANIZATION’. The six boys speed their dirt-bikes further down the dirt road as the crowd cheers for them, “Go Diaz-Davidson Team, Go!” The entire crowd and team continue to route for The Diaz-Davidson team.
Chapter 11
Diane D Disappears
