by NightWriter2000
Impetus: The force with which a body is driven or impelled.... Nascar superstar, MIKEY ANGELO suffers a harsh fall from grace after an accident that nearly kills him. But his brush with mortality pales to that of his brush with humility, and worst of all, anonymity as he follows the long road back to the apex of racing glory with an improbable run for the F1 World Championship. START YOUR ENGINES... BUCKLE UP... AND HANG ON TIGHT for this high-octane 'speed-saga' of life, death, love, sex, money, and endurance, all in pulse-pounding pursuit of the ultimate prize - with every delicious reward it contains: Glory. Adulation. Fame... and one more thrilling victory lap in the coolest, fastest car.
| # | Title | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | (PART ONE: YELLOW FLAG) Going fast is… | 0 |
| 2 | A blindingly-bright light | 0 |
| 3 | Heartless | 0 |
| 4 | Alive | 0 |
| 5 | Best laid plans | 0 |
| 6 |
| Out of the woods |
| 0 |
| 7 | Howard Baker | 0 |
| 8 | On the mend | 0 |
| 9 | Everyday idle melancholy | 0 |
| 10 | Not in so many words | 0 |
| 11 | Her | 0 |
| 12 | Aftertaste | 0 |
| 13 | Rehab | 0 |
| 14 | Thinly-veiled misapprehension | 0 |
| 15 | Goliath | 0 |
| 16 | Heroes from racing days gone by | 0 |
| 17 | Butterflies | 0 |
| 18 | Joyride | 0 |
| 19 | No guts, no glory | 0 |
| 20 | (PART TWO: BLUE FLAG) Raw nerve | 0 |
| 21 | Going up | 0 |
| 22 | Well-oiled machine | 0 |
| 23 | Going down | 0 |
| 24 | Needle-nose pliers | 0 |
| 25 | Premonition | 0 |
| 26 | Cold shoulder | 0 |
| 27 | Long story short | 0 |
| 28 | Select close friends and acquaintances | 0 |
| 29 | Flavor of the month (phenom) | 0 |
| 30 | Schizophrenic miscellanea | 0 |
| 31 | Speedway | 0 |
| 32 | To what sordid lengths did some good sportsmen go | 0 |
| 33 | The sooner the better | 0 |
| 34 | Above and beyond | 0 |
| 35 | A spitting hot/cold shower | 0 |
| 36 | New Bethlehem | 0 |
| 37 | Dinner | 0 |
| 38 | Big reveal | 0 |
| 39 | (PART THREE: RED FLAG) A few finer points | 0 |
| 40 | Logistics (The Team) | 0 |
| 41 | Shag | 0 |
| 42 | Too little too late | 0 |
| 43 | Test sessions | 0 |
| 44 | Wind tunnel | 0 |
| 45 | (PART FOUR: GREEN FLAG) Belgium | 0 |
| 46 | Racing day | 0 |
| 47 | (PART FIVE: SAFETY CAR) Voices | 0 |
| 48 | One damn thing after another | 0 |
| 49 | One more thing | 0 |
| 50 | Dead to the world | 0 |
| 51 | Powerful forces acting against each other | 0 |
| 52 | Under control | 0 |
| 53 | Stronger and better than ever | 0 |
| 54 | In the zone | 0 |
| 55 | Winning | 0 |
| 56 | The Mantra | 0 |
| 57 | Setback | 0 |
| 58 | Empty | 0 |
| 59 | Kiss-off | 0 |
| 60 | Numbness | 0 |
| 61 | Monkey-see, monkey-do | 0 |
| 62 | Atrophied | — |
| 63 | Rowdy | — |
| 64 | Consensus | — |
| 65 | Scotch and soda | — |
| 66 | So close and still so far away | — |
| 67 | Battlescars | — |
| 68 | (PART SIX-A: BLACK AND WHITE FLAG) Stabilized (No clue what to feel) | — |
| 69 | Exhaustion (Half-assed and in between) | — |
| 70 | Downtime (Too far too soon) | — |
| 71 | Tension (Prolonged weakness and lethargy) | — |
| 72 | Conversations on a back road | — |
| 73 | Azerbaijan (Straight and narrow) | — |
| 74 | Pop! (Too few and far between) | — |
| 75 | Hum (Small world) | — |
