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Chapter 10: Radar Goes Formula-1

I was MAY 1965 & once again RADAR brought in the votes in the primary election in ITASCA COUNTY! So to celebrate he got out his passport & booked several tickets to several places on an international level & the 1ST stop would be MONTE CARLO, MONACO where RADAR as a race car fan would be attending the GRAND PRIX del MONACO, in which FORMULA-1 race car drivers would race through the narrowly, twisting MONTE CARLO streets! So he put KLINGER in charge of the office for the time being while he & MAUREEN got the kind of honeymoon they never had. As they sat in their viewing spot above the flag waver, the announcer said "The GRAND PRIX del MONACO is about to start. There's SCOTT STODDARD in his JORDAN BRM. SCOTT has won 2 races here at MONACO during the past few seasons, & even faster than STODDARD in practice is the Frenchman JEAN PIERRE SARTI, a 4 time FORMULA-1 champion & a master of these twisting MONTE CARLO streets. He drives for the great ITALIAN manufacturer FERRARI! Next to SARTI is his team mate, a young Sicilian named NINO BARLINI. BARLINI was the world's former motorcycle champion who made a successful switch to racing cars only last year. Also, driving for the JORDAN BRM team is the AMERICAN, PETE ARON. PETE hasn't won a grand prix race since he left FERRARI only 3 seasons ago, but we hope he can get the trophy today!? Another AMERICAN driving in this race is TIM RANDOLPH. He drive's for the JAPANESE YAMURA team. This team's only been in FORMULA-1 racing for 2yrs., but they've been unable to win their first grand prix". Then the race was on!

SARTI was in the lead with STODDARD in 2ND position, BARLINI in 3RD, & ARON in 4TH! Soon ARON had gearbox trouble. The transmission was sticking between 3RD & 4TH! But team captain JEFF JORDAN didn't care so long as STODDARD won today, which was not to be! As ARON gave STODDARD the signal to pass him on by, he spun out of control forcing PETE into the sea while SCOTT banged into the side of the huge mountain! As a result 2 cars at the price of than $100,000.00 each were destroyed! So while SARTI was collecting his trophy, JEFF JORDAN fired PETE ARON because JORDAN refused to believe that SCOTT STODDARD (now hospitalized) as a result of spinning out chose to play bumper tag with PETE ARON, rather than pass him on by. Some time later at the FRENCH GRAND PRIX in CLAREMONT, FRANCE; ARON whom was currently working as a sports caster tried to interview the great JAPANESE industrialist ISO YAMURA, but MR. YAMURA didn't care too much for interviews. Later that evening PETE found a telegram at the door of his hotel room & he decided to visit with MR. YAMURA & he learned that YAMURA was adding a 3RD car to it's racing lineup. So once again he was back behind the wheel of a race car! Now RADAR & MAUREEN were attending their 3RD FORMULA-1 race of 1965 & it was the BELGIAN GRAND PRIX in SPA, BELGIUM. SCOTT STODDARD'S wife PAT (whom was MAUREEN'S younger sister, biologically speaking) was there with PETE ARON, but in separate rooms. When SCOTT showed up in SPA the day before the race, he learned that PAT was already there c/o the desk clerk!? Then it was race day, & the drivers were lined up & ready to go! BARLINI, SARTI, & ARON were closest to the starting line. The green flag waved! The drivers were off! Minute by minute ticked by on the stop watches of the spectators, when suddenly it began to rain, yet the drivers drove on! Only a few minutes after the rain had let up for the rest of the day SARTI'S front axle broke in 2 & he spun out of control crashing into a wall & causing harm to 2 young Belgian boys resulting in one's death! As PETE ARON was receiving the cheers of the crowd, the boys father burst into the FERRARI team pit & wanted to kill SARTI, but BARLINI & the FERRARI team mechanics managed to stop it! Meanwhile, SCOTT STODDARD was thinking silently to himself "ARON must've put cardiac adrenaline in the fuel tank, or some such thing!?" JEFF JORDAN said to STODDARD aloud "He drove a good race!" SCOTT STODDARD replied "We'll see how good he is at ZANDVOORT!!!???" So while PETE ARON went on to win the WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX at NUREMBERG, WEST GERMANY; SCOTT was seeing if he could once more handle a FORMULA-1 car by test driving his late brother ROGER'S old front end engine job which proved he was still good! Finally, came the big day of the DUTCH GRAND PRIX in ZANDVOORT, HOLLAND! In practice the day before STODDARD, SARTI, BARLINI, & ARON managed to get starting positions closest to the starting line!

BARLINI came close to spinning out, but he continued to drive on! Then SARTI'S car had trouble when the piece connected power from the gas pedal to the engine just snapped in 2! As a result it was: STODDARD 1ST! ARON 2ND! BARLINI 3RD! Then there was the UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX at the race track in WATKINS GLEN, NEW YORK in which STODDARD won a silver trophy & $17,000.00 in cash! Next came the GRAND PRIX de MEXICO which brought SCOTT STODDARD to yet another victory on the track! This made Mr. ISO YAMURA kinda sore with PETE ARON, which brought about a fair-sized lecture! Now it was time for the BRITISH GRAND PRIX at GRAND PATCH, ENGLAND. RADAR & MAUREEN attended once more! TIM RANDOLPH'S engine blew a gasket in the middle of the race. SCOTT STODDARD pulled out because the painkillers he took (for the pain he was still suffering from his injuries at MONACO) made him pass out. Now it down to the final lap! PETE passed JEAN PIERRE & was gaining on NINO, when suddenly his engine caught fire! So NINO won his 1ST BRITISH GRAND PRIX & was on his way to the final race of the FORMULA-1 racing season at the track of MONZA, ITALY! Then came the big day at MONZA before the day of the race itself! This day brought in a few odd surprises. For starters SARTI'S wife MONIQUE DELVEAUX SARTI was visiting MONZA on business, or so she told her husband? That night JEAN PIERRE & MONIQUE made love in bed & conceived a child. Then on the day of the race, there were lots of preparations of all sorts to make!

Then with the NO.#.32 YAMURA car PETE ARON was ready to go on to the championship! But within the 1ST 30seconds of the race SARTI'S engine stalled, but he soon got moving again! NINO BARLINI was in the lead! Both PETE ARON & SCOTT STODDARD were lapping BARLINI, but he didn't care at all! RADAR & MAUREEN both watched from the stands as the race got to the boiling point! Then as JEAN PIERRE SARTI took 6TH position, an exhaust pipe came loose from one of the cars in front of him and rolled under his tires! This sent him into a spinout! Then he hit the guard rail of the north banking & tore through it! As he was flipped from his car JEAN PIERRE SARTI landed in a tree, while his car hit the track on the bottom & burst into flames!!! The medical team rushed him through the crowd to where the ambulance would be waiting for him, but when the doctor took his pulse, he found none!!! As the ambulance drove away with JEAN PIERRE'S corpse, a reporter named LOUISE FREDERICKSON, whom worked for an AMERICAN fashion magazine doing an article around racing cars held up her hands, stained with JEAN PIERRE SARTI'S blood & yelled "What do you want? Is this what you want? Is this what you want?" before she buried her face in the arms of HUGO SIMON. back at the FERRARI team pit the team captain named MAGNETA gave the famous black flag signal in order to withdraw the rest of the FERRARI team, namely, NINO BARLINI! When he pulled into the pit NINO asked about JEAN PIERRE, only to learn that SARTI was dead!!! Now the race was down between SCOTT STODDARD & PETE ARON whom were now fighting for the lead! It looked like it might be a tie, but with only one wheel in front of the JORDAN BRM, the JAPANESE YAMURA of PETE ARON won the great FORMULA-1 championship race at MONZA, ITALY. SCOTT STODDARD came into 2ND place, & still ISO YAMURA invited him to come up to the winner's circle & drink champagne from the championship trophy with PETE ARON! RADAR & MAUREEN had lots of photos to put in the family album back in GRAND RAPIDS, MINNESOTA: U.S.A.! Soon PETE ARON decided to take a civil service exam & he passed with flying colors! Then he put in for an application at the courthouse in GRAND RAPIDS to apply for a job as a deputy sheriff & then it was onto ST. PAUL for training at the STATE SHERIFF'S ACADEMY! So as for SCOTT STODDARD, well, PAT divorced him to his bippy & then married PETE while NINO talked his girlfriend LISA into coming to AMERICA with him & afterwards took the civil service exam, too! Soon both PETE & NINO graduated from the SHERIFF'S ACADEMY at the top of their class & while PETE got used to handling patrolling the backroads of his place of birth, NINO was put on the special squadron of deputies whom had experience in handling motorcycles! Also, NINO & LISA were soon married c/o MULCAHY whom was allowed to perform a few final marriage ceremonies before going off to VIETNAM!