Sandbar practices to destroy the Nürburgring God
Author's Note
Sequel will be posted on my YouTube Channel "AppleLauda" so you guys can see Sandbar's lap on the Nürburgring Nordschleife
Sandbar practices to destroy the Nürburgring God
flashback
Apple Lauda is on a fast lap in the middle of a time attack battle against Celestia, Luna, Cadence and Novo. Before entering Antoniusbuche, Apple Lauda presses the flash button on his wheel, flashing his headlights. Apple Lauda is sure enough he will win this battle.
"what a showoff!!!" Sandbar shouts. "it's like he's playing with them!!!"
Another flash of Apple Lauda's headlights, this time at entry Antoniusbuche.
"this might be sub 6:30!!!" Smolder says. And she was right. Apple Lauda finishes the lap in 6:29.986 minutes, breaking the 6:30 minute barrier in the process. Apple Lauda shocked all of Equestria, even Celestia herself. No creature thought that a certain Apple Lauda will be able to break 6:30 minutes.
"this needs to end, Apple Lauda must be beaten one day" Smolder says dissatisfied.
"totally agree with you Smolder!!! This is getting on my nerves!!! I will challenge him next!!!" Sandbar yells. He is truly annoyed by Apple Lauda setting record after record and no one can stop him... end of flashback
Sandbar and Swift Foot are in the school of friendship. Everycreature is trying to figure out how Apple Lauda broke the 6:30 minute barrier. It seems like a mystery. He had such bad split times. There must have been some sort of perfection in the final section.
"this is harder than I thought... but I think I know how Apple Lauda broke the 6:30 minute barrier" Swift Foot says.
"how did he do it?" Sandbar asks curiously.
"well, it seems like he ascended into a higher level... I assume this wasn't the fastest he could potentially go" Swift Foot answers.
Twilight slams her hoof on her desk. "I bet he's on a 1500+ meters high mountain acclimating himself right now in order to prepare for the next run!!!"
"Apple Lauda uses mountains? I kinda figured since I did spot him years ago in the western Allgäu region. I don't know if it was actually him but he surely loves mountains I guess..." Swift Foot says.
Silverstream thinks about a solution for the problem. Her Husband might be in the mountains right now to gain more power. Every 100 meters of height, he gains 10% more power.
"Sandbar, I think you also should drive the Viper GT3-R" Silverstream suggests.
"I mean it would fit perfectly for a handsome stallion like you" Swift Foot flirtingly says. Suddenly, Rainbow Dash comes in the main hall.
"Apple Lauda is on the Alpspitz!!! It's a 1575 meters high mountain near Nesselwang" Rainbow Dash pants. Sandbar is furious.
"OF COURSE HE'S IN THE ALLGÄU!!!!" Sandbar yells. "I mean come on, he kinda grew up with it, thanks to vacation. Now he might fuse the power of the Eifel Mountains with the Allgäu Alps!!!!"
"no wonder why Apple Lauda was able to defeat Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadence and Queen Novo without transforming... He already did that" Swift Foot exposes. She saw Apple Lauda's run but something was off... A sub 6:30 minute run + defeating 3 Alicorns plus a Seapony Queen... Swift Foot added 1+1 and came to the conclusion that this fusion already happened.
"but how am I going to defeat him?!?! He's a pro racing driver and I am no-" Sandbar says before getting interrupted by Swift Foot who placed her hoof on Sandbar's mouth.
"a good looking and attractive stallion who can take down the Nürburgring God." Swift Foot flirtingly says. She knows that Sandbar has a huge crush on her the moment he saw her for the first time. Sandbar fell in love with her literally at first sight.
A few hours later after class, Sandbar starts practicing on the Nordschleife on Gran Turismo Sport. He really wants the lap record. The only problem is that he has no experience at all and crashes several times in Hatzenbach, Hocheichen, Adenauer Forst, Wehrseifen, Bergwerk, heck he even crashes at Hohenrain. Sandbar is frustrated.
"I'M NEVER GOING TO BEAT HIM LIKE THAT!!!!" Sandbar yells in frustration.
"Sandbar, you're overshooting the corners. Do you know about reference points?" Swift Foot says.
"what are reference points?" Sandbar asks curiously.
"Reference points can be anything on the circuit where you know when to brake. Apple Lauda uses all of the advantage of reference points" Swift Foot explains. Then she shows him all of Apple Lauda's braking points and for what to look out.
After like 2 hours of explaining and teaching, Sandbar starts his first lap after the other 75 attempts failed. But surprisingly, Sandbar does very well. Swift Foot cheers him on and that boosts Sandbar by a lot. Still his pace is way off of that of Apple Lauda who is still acclimating himself in a height of 1575 meters. Sandbar finishes the lap in 6:30.723 minutes.
"you're about 8 tenths off Apple Lauda's time. I must say you did impress me" Swift Foot says.
Sandbar couldn't help but blush at that statement. "if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have set that insane time." Sandbar explains.
"what did you just say there?" Swift Foot asks teasingly.
"N-Nothing!!!" Sandbar says blushing hard.
Silverstream notices Sandbar's behavior towards Swift Foot and "pressures" Sandbar into doing a quicker lap.
"Sandbar, if you don't improve by at least 2 tenths, then I will torture you" Silverstream threatens in a playful tone.
"don't tell anycreature Silverstream please!!!" Sandbar begs.
"it's so obvious you have a crush on Swift Foot do you?" Silverstream teasingly asks.
"w-what do you mean?!?!?!" Sandbar asks nervously.
Silverstream laughs. "you know what I mean, I mean you're blushing, stuttering and stuff..."
"alright fine, I'll go for another lap" Sandbar says in defeat.
In the meantime, Apple Lauda is still on the Alpspitz in the Allgäu Alps. He relaxes on the summit of the mountain and enjoys the view over the mountains he kinda grew up with. His acclimating has finished but he wants to stay on the summit for a little longer. The extra power will last forever as long as he is still on the summit. When he goes back down, the extra power only lasts for a few hours, so Apple Lauda would have to hurry. If he would teleport himself to Nürburg, he could get acute mountain sickness.
Sandbar manages to improve by at least 2 tenths of a second, avoiding Silverstreams punishment in the process.
"I'm proud of you Sandbar" Swift Foot says. In the past few months, she watched Apple Lauda driving, she studied his driving style and analysed the mistakes of the others. She also found out that when Apple Lauda goes super, he does get more powerful, but Swift Foot found a antidote against it: beating Apple Lauda with his own car.
"well thank you Swift Foot, but still I'm way off Apple Lauda. And if I break his record, he will reclaim the record!!!" Sandbar responds.
"Apple Lauda is tougher than I thought..." Swift Foot realizes.
"also he has the Eifel Gods" Silverstream mentions. "he will do everything in his power to prevent Sandbar from breaking the record. It's like he is immune to every attack!!!"
"don't worry Silverstream... we have him right were we want him..." Swift Foot says smirking.
The next day in the School of Friendship, Smolder and Sandbar are sitting in the cafeteria.
"and? how is it going with your goal with beating Apple Lauda's lap record?" Smolder asks.
"I'm doing well actually. I did set a time of 6:30.723 first but then I improved that down to a 6:30.513" Sandbar proudly says. "But still, I'm half a second off his record time"
"Oh don't worry, you will get there Sandbar" Smolder says. "especially with Swift Foot on your side."
Sandbar blushes. "she's just a friend!!!"
"Sandbar, I know you're lying... you are clearly in love with her and there's no denial about it. Face it Sandbar, you can't hide it, besides she already knows." Smolder chuckles. "But it's great to see you make progress. I know you can get him!!! a bit more and you will take the Nürburgring God down from the throne."
Suddenly, Gallus comes in the cafeteria. He seems that he is panicking.
"Gallus, what's wrong?" Sandbar asks.
"NÜRBURGRING 24H VERSION DAILY RACE!!!!" Gallus yells in panic.
Smolder slams her fist on the table. "alright that EMEA server will die. But good thing that it will be all over afterwards because the servers shut down... and I even have data. It seems like Apple Lauda drove a 8:04.6 and it wasn't even a perfect lap!!!"
"but why isn't he breaking the 8 minute barrier?" Swift Foot asks the moment she arrives in the cafeteria.
"maybe because of the time when it happens. But he knows the track so well he doesn't even need the reference point at Bergwerk. He knows the circuit too well" Silverstream says.
"that is reasonable..." Ocellus says. "I mean I literally saw him going off at exit Hedwigshöhe/entry Wippermann. He was too greedy to get a quicker lap"
But then, Yona comes in the cafeteria. She has bad news to deliver.
"Apple Lauda drove a 8:04.227!!!! and after that, he did a 8:03.969!!!" Yona shouts in fear.
"WHAT!?!??!?!" Sandbar yells in surprise, then his face makes an angry expression. "alright Apple Lauda, you better prepare because I will take you down!!!"
After the break and the school day is over, Sandbar goes back to intense training... but the real question will be: will it be enough in the end to dethrone the Nürburgring God?
