The next morning Applejack got to the track at six a.m. The orange mare was already used to getting up before the crack of dawn, and would've already been half way done bucking apples before the first of the residents of the town wake up.
"Don't any of these racers know how to wake up early?" she asked herself quietly.
Applejack had gotten plenty of sleep from the previous night and was up early that morning. She walked through the tunnel and into the infield of the racing track. A few of the drivers were already up and moving, coffee cups in hand.
A tall young driver wearing a black flannel short sleeve shirt that had "FedEx" on the left chest side walked over to Applejack. He was holding a coffee cup that also said "FedEx" on, steam coming out the top.
"Hey you must be Applejack, it's really nice to meet you" the unknown driver said.
"Howdy. Eeyup that's me. Nice to meet you too, uh..." Applejack could tell the man just woke up, but didn't quite know his name to finish the greeting.
"Oh sorry. My names Denny, Denny Hamlin" said Denny, shaking Applejacks hoof.
Applejack had read about Denny in Twilights books. He had twenty-four career wins at the top level and she read that he finished third in the championship standings the season before hand, well, hoof. He was also the only rookie driver to ever qualify for the Chase for the Sprint Cup, which was the playoffs of racing, in 2006.
"It's nice to meet you too Mr. Hamlin"
"Oh please, call me Denny" He said, after which he let out a long, loud yawn.
"Ok Denny. Have you seen Jeff around?" Applejack asked the Veteran driver.
"Yeah he's over in your garage waiting for you. By the way amazing job yesterday, you were the only pony to get over two-hundred miles per hour! " exclaimed Denny.
"Aw shucks thank ya kindly" she said as she walked off towards her garage.
When Applejack got to the garage she saw Jeff sitting in a chair next to the car, a coffee cup of his own in hand. Something was different about the car, it wasn't the same deep maroon red like it was yesterday. Instead it was black and had red and yellow flames on it. The sponsor was also different, it said "Axalta"
"Morning Applejack" the legendary driver said with a smile as he raised his cup to her
"Mornin' Jeff"
"So what do you think of the car?" Asked Jeff.
"Why's it on fire?"
"That's just the paint job. For the next four days you're going to be training with me and also, you're going to be driving four of my sponsors as well" he explained.
"Sounds great!"
"Here I've got something for you too" Jeff put down his cup and grabbed a fire suit and helmet and passed it her. Applejack noticed that Jeff was wearing a shirt similar to Denny's but his said "Axalta" instead of "FedEx"
The fire suit had the same flames as the car did and the helmet looked like it was on fire. Just like her helmet from yesterday, her cutie mark was on the back
"Rarity?" Applejack asked Jeff
Jeff nodded " Yup she's going to be doing your fire suits and helmets"
"Al' right then. So now what?"
"Now let's get you on the track. Today is going to be longer than yesterday and you'll be running in a group of four all day"
"Yee Haw! Finally a little competition" the Element of Honesty proclaimed, excitement and adventure gleamed in her eyes.
"It's going to be you in the #24, a mare by the name of Lightning Dust in the #11, a stallion named Flamefly in the #88 and another mare named Vinyl Scratch in the #4.
She quickly got changed and climbed into her car. She flipped the switch and the car roared to life, and her blood through her veins. She backed the car out and, just like the day before, parked in her pit box. But this time there were three other cars on pit road. She knew the #88 but instead of having Nationwide Insurance on it like yesterday, it said "Kelly Blue Book" instead. She saw the #11 that said
"FedEx Ground" it was black with green. Finally she saw the #4 that said "Jimmy Johns" on it.
"You ready to go?" Jeff's voice came over the radio.
"Yup a'he am"
At once the four cars pulled off of pit road and onto the track. In no time at all, like if Applejack was maybe to be born for this sport. She already had the car at the front of the pack and was leaving the other three cars behind in the dust.
Jeff just couldn't believe how she was doing, and his special quest on top of the pit box was also very impressed.
"So what do you think Mr. Petty?" Jeff turned to the legendary and hall of fame driver.
Applejack began accelerating to some dangerous speeds, that if you blinked, you would surely miss it.
"CLICK"
198.364 m.p.h
"I think she's going to go very far, Jeff"
Richard "The King" Petty watched as Applejack roared and flew around the track. With another pass by through the checkered line, all was seen was nothing but a blur.
"CLICK"
202.682 m.p.h