Jones' Promotion

Some are thinking patrolman Jones should have been promoted by this time. There are always budget questions, but money is never the issue when it should be done.
The way he is made aware of the upcoming exam’s is not the usual way. Reading it on the board, is the normal way.
He begins studying for them. It cuts into his movie time and other visits with detective Rage. But it does not interfere with his shooting date with her.
He is the top of the scores and the Chief of Police dresses him as a new sergeant should be. This promotion is a little unique. He becomes a patrol sgt and will still spend most of his time in his patrol car. Usually the new sgt is moved to a new area.
Why did Rage give Jones two Marine grade salutes outside her front door and they both turned and went their separate ways.
Several days later, the new sgt Jones is given rollcall duties and begins acting like a sgt. He is training in dispatch when speeding street racers causes one of them to crash and die. Jones issued some orders that later turn out to be the best possible. The accident lands in homicide detective Rage’s lap for more than a review.
How does a red-haired detective become a blond race driver of a muscle car which may be unbeatable?
The bookie hanging around the track may become the silent partner and car owner of the second fastest car until the fatal accident removes the fastest car up to that time.