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As the car whipped around the tight corner, Kevin Taylor held the wheel tightly and hit the gas. The rear end got a bit loose - the tires skidded sideways before they finally gripped - and then the car shot forward again. `They were right behind us when we went in to that turn, so be ready for them!` Taylor shouted to his gunner over the screaming engine. Taylor shifted and started getting ready for the next couple of turns, which could be taken at high speed with the right line and could knock them out of the race with any one of a thousand wrong lines. `Here they come!` the gunner, Joy Hicks, shouted back. He said something else, but it was lost in a sudden burst of fire from the rear-facing machine gun. The car filled with the stench of gunpowder and hot metal. Taylor stole a quick glance in the cracked rear view and saw two Marleys come around the corner, with an Alpha flying through the air above them. He looked back at the track ahead of him before he could see if the Alpha was going to recover or not. He couldn`t afford to be looking back now, or else he`d end up hitting one of the sucker jumps along the edge of the cliffs too. A series of bullet impacts moved across the dirt off to the right of them, coming directly for the car. The shill scream of bullets passing through metal filled the car, and their own gun fell silent. Taylor glanced over and saw Hicks slumped against the passenger side door, not moving. He swore and reached back over his shoulder to return fire. The hood of the car behind him sparked as bullets bounced off the thick slab of armour, and the driver stopped shooting and juked to avoid taking any more fire. Laughing, Taylor turned back to the track again...and swore loudly. He was way off his line - far too tight on the inside wall. He tried to correct, but it was already too late. He hit the little ridge of rock that reached out into the track and jumped off it badly. The car tilted as it it flew through the air, landed hard on the passenger`s side on just two tires, then rolled twice before slamming into the outside wall and coming to a rest on its roof at the edge of the track. Taylor shook his head and looked around quickly. He already knew he was out of the race, but now he was worried about whether he was going to get out of this alive. He looked over and saw that there was a large pool of blood rapidly under the dangling body of Joy Hicks - not a good sign. The cars that had been following his rear bumper all race now trained their forward guns on him as they passed, and each one put a quick burst into his wrecked car before going back to shooting at each other again. Taylor used the muscles he`d built up by hours of sit-ups to pull his head and chest up into the protective body of the upside down car, and grabbed for the release on his seatbelt. Just five or ten seconds, and he could get out of the car and make a run for it. Until then, he curled up as small as he could as guns tore the car apart around him. He glanced down through his armpit and watched as one of Joy`s arms was tore off be gunfire. Joy didnt respond. Another bullet punched a gaping hole in Joys skull, and Taylor looked away. The pounding hail of heavy fire eased up and stopped, and Taylor pulled the release on his belt and fell to the ceiling in a heap. He looked through the jagged holes in the back armour and saw the recently airborne Alpha on the ground, out of control, and coming directly for him. `Oh, shi--`  This list shows just who has been winning the most lucrative prizes on the circuits and arenas of Evan, during the past month. 1. Wasteland Extravaganza: $192144. |
 As the year progresses, here are the leaders of the major leagues: Somerset Combat League - Wasteland Extravaganza There is currently one minor league in progress also: Northern Semi-Pro Combat League - Clarinbridge Crushers  William Collins of Collision Force died at Somerset`s Junkyard, Race Track 2. Mark Porter of SplashandBurn died at Somerset`s Junkyard, Race Track 1. Keith Woods of -^-HellRazors-^- died at Somerset Rally Circuit. Betty `Large Marge` Hook of Fish Heads died at Gates of Badlands Truckstop. Sara Whiteside of Collision Force died at Somerset Dirt Racing Track. Richard Martin of The Flying Hellfish died at Road to Somerset. Serina `THE BUTCHER` Thatcher of KLINGON GIRL SCOUTS died at Gates of Somerset. Michael Burke of The PatPendings died at Once Upon a Town. `Diddy` David Lowery of War Hippies died at Scattered Grounds. Milton `Goose` Johnson of Fish Heads died at Somerset Arena. Michael `Da Terminata` Morrison of Fish Heads died at Somerset Arena. Joshua Vandyke of the mad mad crushers died at Pathway to Darkness. Leroy Brown of KLINGON GIRL SCOUTS died at Road to Elmsfield. Kelly Burrows of Lattes Raiders died at Northern Farm Land. Charlie House of Burntoast and Jelly died at Road to Elmsfield. Ed Dixon of Comanche died at Road to Somerset. John Ford of Mild Ones died at Blown With the Wind. Melissa Leftwich of War Hippies died at Northern Foothills Racetrack (at night). Rodney Funk of Crankshaft Overdrive died at Gates of Somerset. Jose Smith of the mad mad crushers died at Burning Skies. `Airborne` Andrew Sullivan of The Flying Hellfish died at Somerset Rally Circuit. Tanya `Drift Queen` Wilkerson of Initial Drift died at Somerset Rally Circuit. Oscar Winner of War Hippies died at Somerset`s Junkyard, Race Track 1. Kent Sherman of Black Rock died at Gates of Gateway Truckstop. Will Smith of The Thug Matrix died at Gates of Somerset. Willie Dube of Hand Gesture died at Somerset Dirt Racing Track. Kathleen Amaya of The Flying Hellfish died at Scattered Hills. `Comanche ` Mark Burns of Comanche died at Road to Somerset. Eddie Victorino of the mad mad crushers died at Interstate Mythos. Glenn `chauffard` Williams of dark nights died at Blown With the Wind. Dominic Huynh of Grande Prairie Posse died at Highway to Hell. Gregory `Propeller` Ellis of Road Ronins died at Gates of Gateway Truckstop. Milton `Doc` Brown of Road Ronins died at Gates of Gateway Truckstop. `Sir` Greg Swartz of Lattes Raiders died at Road to Gateway Truck Stop. Catherine Winburn of Hand Gesture died at Under a Bloody Red Sky. William `Badboy` Lawson of Hand Gesture died at Under a Bloody Red Sky. Jeff Thomas of Hand Gesture died at Under a Bloody Red Sky. Priscilla Perl of the mad mad crushers died at Somerset Arena. Donald Knott of Somerset Strangers died at Somerset Rally Circuit. Wilbur `Meat` Bennett of Fish Heads died at Gates of Gateway Truckstop. Lionel Jones of Lattes Raiders died at Road to Gateway Truck Stop. Katie `Cat Killer` Fowler of Pestilence died at Northern Desert Circuit. Rosemary `Mezcal` Perry of Clarinbridge Crushers died at Gateway Dry Lake Track. Eric Guillory of Black Rock died at Lost Oasis. Art Proto of Advanced RaceLabs died at Gates of Badlands Truckstop. Doreen Snyder of Advanced RaceLabs died at Scattered Hills. Billie Finkbeiner of Riotous Assembly died at Gates of Gateway Truckstop. Charity Valentine of The Paradise died at Somerset`s Junkyard, Race Track 2. Vincent Chavez of Initial Drift died at Under a Bloody Red Sky. Emma Benjamin of Initial Drift died at Under a Bloody Red Sky. Kyla `The Inferno` Rath of Vigilante Knights died at Scattered Grounds. Nicole `Take It` Eastman of Pushin died at Road to Somerset. James Birch of Torque died at Lost Oasis. Abigail Quackenbush of Somerset Strangers died at Scattered Grounds. Tara `Brit Chick` Barker of Pestilence died at Lost Trail: Broken Ground. Emilio Hardin of The Flying Hellfish died at Gates of Somerset. Marlon Walker of Hawks Talons died at Northern Farm Land. Mark Fenton of Advanced RaceLabs died at Scattered Hills. Carlos `Cojones` Henderson of The Vanguards died at Gates of Gateway Truckstop. John Croteau of The Vanguards died at Gates of Gateway Truckstop. Devon Null of Advanced RaceLabs died at Gates of Gateway Truckstop. Esther ``Messer`` Schmitt of Ricky Ranjits Raiders died at Gates of Gateway Truckstop. Dan Daniels of DeathFromAbove died at Somerset`s Junkyard, Race Track 2. Rocky `Boomer` Chung of Somerset Strangers died at Interstate Mythos. Kathy `Stalker` Paynter of Somerset Strangers died at Interstate Mythos. Tricia Gomez of The Thug Matrix died at Road to Gateway Truck Stop. Clementine Pinson of The Thug Matrix died at Road to Gateway Truck Stop. Vanessa Cage of The Thug Matrix died at Road to Gateway Truck Stop. Andrew Speirs of The Ghosts died at Highway to Hell. Reyes `Ghost` Smith of Collision Force died at Road to Elmsfield. `Merciless` Robert Ellis of Collision Force died at Road to Elmsfield. Joseph `The Butcher` Fitzgerald of Collision Force died at Road to Elmsfield. `Handsome` Johnnie Lawhon of SD Rollers died at Somerset Rally Circuit. George Powers of -^-HellRazors-^- died at Gates of Somerset. Danny Kovar of Initial Drift died at Gates of Gateway Truckstop. Charles Frazer of Sons of Avernus died at Blown With the Wind. Celia Peters of Lattes Raiders died at Gates of Gateway Truckstop. Elana Menchaca of Lattes Raiders died at Gates of Gateway Truckstop. Lauren `Poison Tears` Dewoody of Sons of Avernus died at Somerset`s Junkyard, Race Track 1. Ryan `FATTY` Arbuckle of Longos Merry Men died at Highway to Hell. William Drake of Longos Merry Men died at Highway to Hell. |