Task: Story Composition
Input (English): Fact1: Curtiss is permitted to drive in local races on weekends, Fact2: boss Randy Dover replaces him because of costly reckless ways, Fact3: crash sends Steve to hospital, Fact4: Corky abandons wife and heads in pink Plymouth Barracuda with friend, Fact5: Billy objects to behavior leaves with strangers
Output (English): Corky Curtiss is a Texas racecar mechanic obsessed with the sport. He is permitted to drive in local races on weekends, but boss Randy Dover replaces him with another driver because of his costly reckless ways. With little money to support wife Peggy Jo and two kids, Corky needs his job but cant control his resentment. He enters a race on a figureeight track and deliberately causes a crash that sends replacement driver Steve to the hospital. A furious Randy fires Corky from his mechanics job. Corky abandons his wife and heads for Georgia in his pink Plymouth Barracuda with a friend, Billy. He enters and wins a small race along the way, but drinks and gambles away the prize money at a roadhouse. A sympathetic Randy realizes that Peggy Jo has been left with no money and prospects, so he gives her Corkys back wages plus a job. She also finds a second job and takes classes trying to earn a highschool diploma. By the time Corky reaches Atlanta, he is almost dead broke and is not given a chance to drive at the speedway. Selling his tires, Corky picks a fight with a junkyard owner who sics attack dogs on him. He also insults passersby who offer assistance to his disabled vehicle. Billy objects to his behavior, then leaves with the strangers when Corky punches him. Back home in Texas, penniless and despondent, Corky realizes that his wife has begun working for Randy and accuses her of having an affair. He goes to the garage with a gun and shoots a couple of Randys mechanics. Trying to flee from police, the pink car bursts into flames with Corky inside. His last thoughts are fantasies of being a famous race driver.