TSAR (Tri-State Auto Rally) held a Div 10 duel on Sunday, January 6, 2052 in the Double Drum arena.

Players in attendance included: Bryon Gray, Jeff Dodge, Eric Freeman, David McGee, Curt Lindmark, Joe Barlow, Mike Keegan

Participants (In clockwise order from Gate 1, the middle gate in the East Drum)

North gate in West drum-open
West gate in West drum-Bryon Gray-"Chocolate Thunder"-sloped compact, electric, ATG w/APFSDS front, HRSWC, FOD back, composite armor, HD tires.

South gate in West drum-Jeff Dodge-"Cheese Maker"compact, electric, HMG in turret, plastic armor, SWC, hubs front, guards back

South passage gate-Eric Freeman-"Tulsa Torpedo II"-sloped compact, electric with HDHTMs, ramplate, composite armor front, plastic elsewhere, hubs front, guards back, spoiler/airdam, SaD front, IcD back.

South gate in East drum-David McGee-"Farenheit 451"-sloped subcompact, gas w/Turbo, two LMGs front w/incendiary ammo, composite armor, SWC, FODs (R, L, B), HD tires.

East gate in East drum-Curt Lindmark-"TSAR II"-compact, electric w/HTMs, composite armor front, plastic elsewhere, right mounted RR, hubs front, guards back, SaD front, SkfD R, spoiler/airdam

North gate in East drum-Joe Barlow-"Irish Hammer"-subcompact, gas w/Turbo, ramplate, PR tires, spoiler/airdam, fake small bore (front?), safety seat, plastic armor.

North passage gate-Mike Keegan-"Dime Store Novelty"-sloped subcompact, MG front, SD back w/normal spikes, gas, plastic armor, tintet windwos, HD brakes, SWC, link MG-SD, spoiler/airdam, badoy armor, PR tires, fake guards and hubs

Action:
In the West drum, Dave turned slightly west towards Curt.  Meanwhile Curt and Joe turned towards each other.  In the passages, Mike and Eric both turned to the East.  Bryon veered slightly to the South of the drum to get Jeff in his sights, while Jeff turned West to avoid the Bryon's ATG.  Bryon and Jeff exchanged fire early, with Jeff missing and Bryon scoring a hit on Jeff's side? Dave took some early shots at Curt that missed/were ineffective Curt and Joe approached each other head on at 50 mph each.  Curt tried to force a sideswipe by turning at the last minute, but Joe was able to force the head-on 100mph collision.  Both vehicles survived the damage from the collision.  Even with Curt being stunned by the impact, neither got a serious crash table effect and both were left at 0 mph.
At this point, Eric turns North parallel with Jeff and then turns west through the middle passage between the drums. Dave fires at them here??
Curt accels to 10 while Joe goes to 5mph.  Curt pushes Joe out of the way and takes a point blank shot at his front.

Jeff shakes Bryon temporarily behind the East pillar. Dave passes the still slow ram victims and heads east towards the West bound Eric.  Eric chooses to avoid the head on ram with Dave and drifts North.  This puts him on a collision course with Curt at a combined speed of 110mph.  The collision damage cores Curt (Eric +40, Curt -40), however the jolt from the collision stuns Eric's driver.  The additional hazard due to the stunning is catastrophic for Eric, as he fails his control roll
and hahas to roll on the crash tables at +8.  Eric's car goes into a roll, but manages not to catch on fire.  From across the arena, Bryon take s a shot at Eric's exposed underbelly and misses.  Eric eventually stops against the wall on his side, giving the full kill to Curt. (Eric +0, Curt 0)

Meanwhile Jeff has headed North and then west through the North tunnel.  Keegan continued to go around the east drum clockwise. Bryon and Dave meet each other near the middle of the arena and exchange (missed?) shots.  Joe has now gotten back up to speed and is heading east behind Dave.  As Bryon clear the middle area, Keegan gets a bead on him and targets a wheel but misses.  Jeff has passed through the tunnel and Bryon slides in behind him from the North.  Keegan misses Bryon's wheel again while Joe bears down on him.  Bryon meanwhile starts to pummel Jeff's rear armor while Jeff's return fire misses.

After passing Bryon, Dave continued south and then did a few sharp turns to head back North.

The incoming Joe convinced Keegan to turn back East through the North passage.  Joe follows him into the passage.  Keegan lays a spike counter that Joe later misses.  Keegan in the next turn puts his spikes on auto, but Joe manages to clear the tunnel without hitting any of them.

Jeff and Bryon continue to circle counter-clockwise the west drum with Bryon continuing to pummel Jeff's back and Jeff missing him in return.  Dave is approaching tehm, but too far away to take a shot.  Jeff maneuvers throught wreckage of the two collision and Eric and Curt, which temporarily shakes him from Bryon.  Cutting off the angle sharply by moving Southwest, Dave sneaks in behind Jeff.  He taks a couple shots at his rear wheel and misses both.

In the east Drum, Keegan has laid a trail of spikes that forces Joe counter-clockwise around the drum while Keegan goes clockwise.  As Joe approaches, Keegan turns back counter-clockwise.  Joe in reaction turns back clockwise.  Joe drives his car through the only gap in the spikes, forcing Keegan to pass him to the North.  Keegan hits one of his own spike counters and in the next turn hits another while in the 1/4" detection radius.  As he had already hit the counter, Keegan takes a tight bend over it.  He passes the 1/4" detection radius of a third spike and that pops a tire.  The popped tire causes him to go into a roll at 80mph.  He
eventually is stopped by a head on (with his side) collision with the wall of the opening between the drums and the collision kills him.  Since Joe was nowhere near Keegan at the time and no longer an immenent threat, no kill was awarded.  (Keegan -40)

In the West drum, Bryon had passed all the wreckage and was finally able to bear down on Dave/Jeff.  He slipped in between the two and blasted off what remained of Jeff's rear armor.  Dave then clipped the back end of Bryon to force his vehicle (due to conforming) into a head on collision with the wall.  Meanwhile, Jeff did a tight D6 to hide his vulnerable rear. 

With Bryon (who had to leave early and whose vehicle was now driven by Curt) now immobile, Dave was uncontested in his pursuit of the wounded Jeff.  Dave followed in behind Jeff and with a couple shots into his breached rear, finished him off (Dave +40, Jeff -40).

After finishing off Jeff, Dave turned North in the West drum.  With no one left in the East Drum, Joe was now finally popping out of the South passageway behind Dave.  Dave attempted a complicated combination of breaking and maneuvering to force Joe to pass him, but mis-timed the execution, and was rear-ended by Joe. The 40? mph collision was enough for him to take out Dave.  (Dave +0, Joe +40)

Joe then accelerated and closed towards Bryon.  Bryon scored one hit on Joe’s weakened ramplate, but missed a second shot that would've removed it.  The two vehicles collided at full speed killing them both (Joe +40, Bryon +0) and securing the win for Joe.

Results

1st    Joe Barlow  +40 pts (full kill McGee, full kill Bryon, killed)
2nd    Eric Freeman +2pts (full kill Lindmark, killed, survival)
3rd    Bryon Gray +1pt (full kill Barlow, killed, one checkpoint)
4th    Curt Lindmark 0pts (full kill Freeman, killed)
(tie)    David McGee 0pts (full kill Dodge, killed)
6th    Jeff Dodge -38pts (killed, survival)
7th    Mike Keegan -39pts (killed, one checkpoint)