After the dust has settled from the weekend, the size of the open leaderboards has quadrupled! Activity on the course has been high, with bumps and bounces a plenty. Races are still collecting their vidchips and other recordings to hand into the race officials. As dusk descend again on Pond Reach after another brisk 14 hour day, the scoreboard flickers with an update above the landing pads and race crews, repairing damage from minor collisions, and several trying to argue with the race officials about the legality of "non-standard" landing gear one their ships to obtain an apparently valuable "lifted" look.
Returning to the racing scene with a blast, it's Cookiehole in his well-feared DBX
RATtlesnake, coming in behind Alec's Corvette once bonuses were applied. It sounds like it was a rough run with multiple emergency drops and a replacement SRV, provided at a discount cost by
Vac Lift, our esteemed race sponsor.
At this point Vac Lift would like to kindly remind the racers that sponsorship can be revoked at any time, and any complaints about the quality of suspensions can be directed to the nearest air-lock. Vac Lift only produces suspensions of the highest quality, and they are suitable for all maneuvers at all gravities. Any malfunction is solely the result of abuse by the end-user, and will not be publically acknowledged. Private complaints will receive remedial driving lessons as no cost from Vac Lift certified experts.
...This just in, race officials have received three new submissions in the past hour, and will be returning with a newly updated scoreboard and more details shortly, tune in shortly for further race coverage!