Speedway

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Speedway gas station, a regular noticed something odd one morning. As he filled up his car, the radio announcement said, ‘Attention please—we’ve just run out of regular unleaded.’ A delivery driver then pulled in and asked if they had diesel for his truck. The attendant shrugged and replied, 'Nope, sorry—just out.' The driver looked around, confused, before turning to him and saying, 'You mean you’re not even keeping any hidden somewhere?' To which our regular laughed and answered, 'No, mate—it’s Speedway, not Black Market!'

2. At Speedway gas station, a delivery driver noticed an unusual item in the shopping cart return area one afternoon. Curious, he picked it up—it was a brand-new, never-opened bottle of ketchup. He checked the surveillance footage and saw that nobody had taken anything else from the cart—just that mysterious ketchup bottle. Smiling, he placed it back where he found it, thinking maybe someone forgot it there on purpose as a prank. From then on, whenever anyone mentioned Speedway, people would wink and say, ‘Oh, you mean the place with the ghost ketchup?’

3. At Speedway gas station, a neighbor exclaimed one afternoon, ‘I just saw the strangest thing!’ A few pumps over, a delivery driver nodded and replied, ‘Really? What?’ The neighbor pointed towards the nozzle, now frozen mid-spray. The delivery driver squinted suspiciously, then laughed heartily. 'That’s not a nozzle,' he said, pointing to the frozen plastic bottle of water in the neighbor's hand. 'It's your lunch break, dude!'

4. At Speedway gas station, a delivery driver paused mid-unload one day, staring curiously as a plastic unicorn appeared from nowhere, dancing on the pavement. The unicorn twirled and blew rainbow sparks, startling the delivery driver but delighting a little girl who’d been waiting in her mom’s car. Her mom smiled, thinking it was a prank until she saw the look of wonder on her daughter’s face. The unicorn vanished with a final sparkle, leaving everyone standing there, slightly bemused yet warmed by the unexpected magic.