Don't Look Down
This is an automotive puzzler. Here we go.
A long time ago, there was a Grand Prix race car driver. Let's call him Neal. And he had been facing the same nightmare, race after race.
His crew would work night and day fine tuning his sleek black GT race car, but no amount of mechanical skill or driving courage could make the nightmare go away. In every race, he would find himself inches behind his arch nemesis, a race car driver named Crusty, of course.
Crusty would always beat him, in every race. He was unable to slip by him on the track.
Then one day during a race, he was surprised to find he was neck and neck with his rival. Neal was so happy to see he was finally pulling ahead. Then, Crusty was in his rear view mirror. He had pulled ahead.
At that moment, when he was finally beating his rival, some instinct told him to look down. So he looks down and says, "Oh, no!"
He realized there was an immediate need for a pit stop.
What did he see?