Spike was distracted by Buffy's interesting technique, or how when she moved her leg bumped against him and he was a little worried she'd smack him in the face during one of her more exciting steering moments.

Either that or he was more rusty than he thought. He didn't come in dead last since it was the easiest course and how high can the dc be anyway? But he certainly didn't do well. He started by driving into the pole of the start sign and it only got worse from there. He frequently drove off the road or ran into things or got hit by flying turtles and it was just bad.

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