Speedway

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One foggy morning, as a delivery driver pulled up to Speedway for gas, he noticed an eerie humming sound coming from inside the station's old pump. Curious, he got out and followed the noise—only to see a tiny, glowing figure dancing around the nozzle. The little creature seemed mischievous yet friendly, waving its tiny hands as it danced. The driver smiled, thinking maybe gasoline had addled his brain. Just then, the ghostly being pointed at him and shouted something indistinct—but when he looked down, his truck’s gauge read ‘FULL.’ Startled, he paid for the invisible fill-up, waved goodbye to the sparkling sprite, and drove off with a laugh. Since that day, locals joke that Speedway has a secret fuel fairy who tops off tanks without charge.

2. At night, when the neon sign flickered on, a little boy walking home from school would stop and stare in wonder. The attendant noticed him one day, curious why he kept coming back. ‘It’s not the gas,’ the boy said, pointing to something no one else could see. Finally, the attendant followed the boy's gaze and saw, hanging high above the pumps, an old weathered poster of a racehorse smiling down at them both. 'That's Speedy,' whispered the boy. 'He helps cars run faster.' From then on, whenever someone asked what made Speedway special, the attendant just pointed up at that smile—and everyone knew it was more than just fuel.

3. While filling up one humid afternoon, an old man muttered under his breath, ‘This place smells like gasoline and secrets.’ And ever since then, locals whisper that every full tank brings with it a hint of mystery. As I approached the counter, a delivery driver asked jokingly, 'You sure you want that much gas? Your car might take off!' The attendant chuckled and said, 'Just fill ’er up, brother—maybe today’s your lucky day.'

4. While pumping gas late one evening, a regular asked the attendant, ‘Do you ever see ghostly figures around here?’ The attendant shrugged and replied, ‘Not lately.’ Finally, another customer—a delivery driver—chimed in with a smile: ‘Actually, I saw them every night last week.’ The attendant raised an eyebrow, curious. ‘Really? What did they look like?’ The driver laughed heartily. ‘They looked just like us, except they were filling up their bikes instead of trucks!’