Adrenaline Page #5

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Get around,

turn the pages

Of all the years that

I've gone ahead and wasted.

Is it over?

Is it all for nothing?

I'm not so sure...

anymore.

Hey!

Hey!

Why don't

we lock it up'?

Yup go

get some rest.

Alright.

Let's call

it a night.

Hey Kiddo!

Look at you,

all grown up.

Dad!

I miss you

too buddy.

Listen to me Joseph, you have

always been a driven person.

Disciplined, I always knew you

were destined for great things.

But I need you to

understand something.

As much as I

love the sport...

racing wasn't

everything to me.

If all you have to live

for is the next rush,

well then you're a

oar without an engine.

You serve no purpose.

I need you to understand

what I'm telling you.

Racing was a job...

Not my life.

I love you kiddo.

Dad!

Lord we thank you for this

time that we have together.

And Lord we pray for special

protection for our friend Joseph.

As he pursues his dream.

Yes.

To you be the glory.

Forever and ever.

Amen

AMEN!

Now that's what I'm

talking about right there.

Cornbread?

Ooooh.

Here you go hunny.

Ha ha, hey hey!

No I'm good.

Oh come on nonsense!

You might as well, he's gonna

get his Way no matter What.

Alright.

Jay Train,

thanks for...

Thanks for coming

to see me like this.

It's the least

I could do.

So one last

week here.

My number has

finally come up.

Mine too.

I can't

believe it.

In 3 Weeks I'll have a chance

to compete at Dragstock X.

Man who

Would've thunk it.

Not me!

I mean this is like the

world series of drag racing.

I'm proud

of you Joseph.

I appreciate that.

Hey Eli,

Uh hmm.

Do you think dreams

mean anything?

Why do you ask'?

I keep having this

dream, It's Dad...

He's at the

end of a track.

And I'm running, I mean

I can run my legs work.

I see him and I'm going as

fast as I can toward him.

When I get to him, he's

trying to tell me something.

What is he trying

to tell you'?

I don't know...

He says that I'm a

car without an engine.

Ha ha, I mean a car

without an engine'?

What's that

supposed to mean'?

What do you mean,

"What's that supposed to mean"?

A car without an engine

doesn't get very far does it'?

Sounds like a man

without a purpose.

I have a purpose.

Okay,

and what is it'?

Glory.

I mean isn't

that enough.

I mean...

Even without being able to

Walk people look up to me now.

They need to know

that I can win.

I give people hope.

I'm someone

to believe in.

Spoken like a true fool.

Was glory worth losing

your ability to walk?

I don't need this...

When I first met

you, I told you,

you had to get right or

you were going to get left.

Do you remember that?

That meant you had

to get right in here.

But mostly it means you

have to get right in here.

I think your Daddy's trying

to tell you that without God...

That thirst, that need for

that adrenaline pumping

threw your veins or

you'll never be satisfied.

You'll always be like a

junkie trying to get a fix.

Why do you

always do this'?

God, really?

I hate to break it to you,

but I think God is a joke!

Joseph.

Listen.

Joseph!

You listen to

me this time!

What kind of God takes a Dad

away from a 12 year old boy'?

You tell me that?

Tell me that?

If there was a God,

Why would he let me crash,

leave me crippled,

let someone shoot you'?

Come on, God's not

running the show here...

We are!

We control what happens,

it's our choices.

And you need to

start seeing that,

open your eyes

and wake up.

Take a look

around you.

God's a fairy tale.

I earned

all this myself.

Protect him Jesus.

Protect him.

Joseph Jenkins,

[off to a rough star'!

at pro outlaws]

[He stalls out the car,

right after his burn out]

[engine having

troubles starting]

[Engine Starts]

[Chief is running up to see

what's going on]

You all set'?

Yeah, let's go, I

don't want a penalty.

You okay'?

I said let's go!

I don't want a

penalty Okay!

Okay, alright.

[Car appears to be okay]

[Joseph now pulling

up to the line]

[Revving it

up on the chip]

[and...]

[Jenk is all over the track,

almost crossing the line]

[Loses to Jessie Nowling]

[Jessie Nowling going

to the next round]

[Jenkins loading his

ar in the trailer]

Wow, wow!

Hang on!

What happened to

you out there'?

I couldn't get off

the line fast enough.

Yeah I saw that, you seemed

a little distracted.

Oh was I'?

Yeah you were all

over the track.

Did you check the lane'?

What kind of a

question is that?

Did I check the lane'?

The right lane

wasn't right,

I didn't have any

traction out the hole.

If the right lane wasn't right a lot of

people were racing in the right lane.

Nobody had any

problem except you.

Is that what you told my

Dad before he ran that day'?

What's this really about?

Responsibility!

Responsibility to my Dad,

Josie, Trace, everybody!

People are

depending on me now!

Is that right'? You think this

is about responsibility?

Come on be honest

with yourself,

what about

Jason Skynard'?

Huh.

I know it, Trace knows it,

everybody who knows you,

knows it's between

you and Jason Skynard.

Even your Father would

tell you that if he were here.

Well, he's not, you made

sure of that didn't you'?

I'm going to do us both a really big

favor and forget you ever said that.

Don't you pretend

for a second,

you're the only one

who ever lost anybody.

Why don't you get lost.

You're pretty good

at that aren't you'?

Hey guys.

Hey-

Where's Paul'?

He couldn't make it.

That's weird.

Yeah, I'll see you

after the race alright.

Everything okay'?

Yeah, I'm just trying

to concentrate.

Okay.

[And here we are, final round pro outlaw

Joseph Jenkins lining up against Pete Folsom.

[Jenkins on edge, he's got to win

this one to go to Rockingham.

[And he does it!]

[Jenkins is going

to the finals!]

Woohoo!

Yeah!

We are gathered

here today.

To celebrate the life of

Elijah Benjamin Salisbury.

A man Whose heart gave

more love and happiness...

Amen ...then he

could contain.

Hey buddy.

Hey-

It's going to be okay.

He Would've

really loved this.

I wish I would've had just

one more chance to say...

I know.

I just don't

understand.

I don't think we

ever really do.

Then why'?

Why does this have

to happen, to Elli, my Dad'?

I should be the

one dead not them.

But you're not.

You're probably just going

to say that's a miracle.

I know this is going to

sound crazy, but I...

I think it's much

more than that.

There was a time

I had my doubts,

but I don't anymore.

Why is that?

I think We're all here

for a purpose and...

Eli served his.

He spent most of his

life in a hospital bed.

You're missing

the point.

It's not about the time he

spent in a hospital bed.

It's about what he

did with that time.

I saw Eli make people laugh

when they were crying.

He changed them,

He changed me!

He changed you.

His love was real

and powerful...

and greater

then all of us.

Eli always said that

love comes from God.

Do you think

that's true?

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