The Vick S. Castle Story

I had a friend Vick S.(I am using initials to
protect the innocent) He had a 1964 Chevrolet
Impala SS with a large engine 327 HP. It was
fast and Vick drove the car fast. One night
at the Castle Vick decided that everyone at
the Castle needed to see just how fast Vick
was. The Castle had a light side and a dark
side. You would meet a girl on the light side
and then later take her to the dark side to
talk. I guess Vick thought he could pick up
a girl by showing off. You came into the
entrance and slowly(I reiterate) slowly
drove toward the back and either parked and
ordered or sit and chatted with friends. If
you were not going to eat or chat, you
simply made a U-turn in the lot and slowly
made your way out to the exit, which was
the same as the entrance. On this particular
night, Vick came in the entrance smoking the
tires, smoked the tires around the circle,
and then proceeded to smoke the tires upon
leaving. We headed toward Monroe's, another
hangout up the street, and as we headed back
to the Castle, we met several police cars,
coming toward us with their red lights
flashing and sirens blaring. Vick said to me
I wonder what's going on that that many
police cars would be flying up West Market
Street that fast. As we pulled into the
Castle,all of our friends ran up to the
car and told Vick that those cops were
after him. Vick parked the car at the
Castle and ran. I hopped out of the car and
got into someone else's car. The cops came
into the Castle parking lot and surrounded
Vick's car. After asking everyone around
who's car was this and where was the driver,
everyone at the Castle said they did not know.
So the cops said fine we will just have the
car towed and impounded and when the driver
comes to retrieve it, we will arrest him.
Someone went over the wall into the next lot
where Vick was hiding and told him that his
car was fixing to be towed away. Vick came
back to the parking lot and innocently went
to his car and proceeded to get in and try
to start the car. The cops ask him what do you
think you are doing and Vick said I am going
home. After questioning Vick for 20 minutes
they arrested him. Vick's story was that he
had been off with someone else and someone
must have stolen his car, spun around the
Castle and then brought it back and parked it
in the parking lot. Cops said that story won't
work. We were sitting under the canopy eating
supper,when we saw you spin in, and we saw you
spin out. Needless to say he was arrested, the
car was towed in and I had to find another way
home. If I had thought about it then, I should
have written this story down and I could have
written American Graffiti before Spielberg.