Speedway

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Speedway gas station, a regular muttered one night as he filled up his truck: ‘I swear, every time I come here, that old clock on the wall gets five minutes faster.’ A delivery driver overheard and teased him the next day: ‘Hey, your truck must be going super fast if you’re always arriving early!’ Soon enough, everyone started calling it ‘Speedy Station.’ The old clock never changed, but the stories sure did.

2. At Speedway gas station, an old delivery driver pulled up one morning with a puzzled look on his face. As he pumped gas into his truck, he noticed something strange—his reflection in the pump’s glass seemed to be filling up first, then slowly pouring back out again. Curious, he stopped pumping and watched more closely. The reflection kept repeating the same trick, like it was playing a prank on him. With a laugh, he turned around and saw his neighbor standing behind the counter, shaking her head and smiling. ‘You’re not the only one who can pull tricks,’ she said, pointing to the pump's new feature—a hidden mirror for customers’ amusement.

3. At Speedway gas station, a sign above the pumps read: ‘Fill Up Your Tank Today—Tomorrow It Might Be Empty!’ Regulars laughed it off until they noticed the message changed every day. One morning, an elderly neighbor pulled up and asked, 'What does “empty” mean today?' The attendant grinned, ‘It means your tank is full of stories, sir.’ From then on, locals stopped for more than just gas—they came for daily wisdom disguised as fuel prices.'

4. At Speedway gas station, a neighbor exclaimed one afternoon while pumping gas: ‘I swear, every time I fill up here, my car gets better mileage!’ Another customer, a delivery driver, overheard and shook his head with a smile: ‘Must be something in their fuel that makes engines purr like kittens!’ A mechanic who stopped by for coffee just shrugged and said, ‘Who knows? Maybe it’s just good old-fashioned American magic.’