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The roar of the crowd fades into a dull hum as Cal idles in the pits, his Dinoco livery gleaming under the stadium lights. He watches the new-gen racer fume in second place, a fresh victim of Cruz’s last-second surge. Cal’s eyes soften with recognition; he knows that sting of near-victory. He rolls forward, engine purring gently.