Intramurals
2020 Diecast Games by Ali Kidder-Mostrom
Opening ceremonies have aired for the 2020 Diecast Games hosted by Big Poppy Racing. This tournament features 32 teams, each consisting of four stock Hot Wheels cars, which will be participating in a series of ten Olympics-style events. The 2019 games were by invitation only, so this is the first year the event has been made open to public submissions.
individual events, plus the Fat Track Free-For-All and 4 Car Relay which involve every car on the team. No team can have more than two cars in any specific event, which helps keep things fair and equitable.
Each team consists of one American car, one European car, one Asian car, and one Fantasy casting.
The first event, “The Push”, will be released on Labor Day weekend and races will continue through December.
Each car will participate in 4
In-depth coverage of the events and
the teams will begin in our next issue.
sub4ra by Ali Kidder-Mostrom
In the last two weeks, there’s been a lot of action from the Diecast Demolition Federation on the sub4ra channel. The inaugural Diecast Demolition Derby Tournament made it all the way to the final round and crowned the first ever DDF champion. There were two ways to be eliminated in this competition: either by being the first car flipped or by
being raced out (when one car reached the opponent’s ramp before he could make it down his own hill). The 2nd day of the derby culled the crowd to 16. It was quick and dirty, with most competitions ending in a one and done collision. A surprising early favorite was the Wild Thing from Nero 62, which was able to pick up a swift win due to its ability to get under and tip its competitor right off the track. This made Wild Thing look unstoppable going into the next round. Not all of Nero 62s luck was good. In a surprising third race, his Camaro was raced out by, of all things, a
flatbed truck (from Juice Box Racing). This proved that it’s not only demolition, but also speed that makes a difference in this tournament. As if to emphasize this fact, multiple races that day ended with a car racing out the competition just before being flipped, letting speed carry them into the next round. That said, there was plenty of demolition to be found. Some races ended in double knock-outs and, in one spectacular hit, a Kool-Aid Thunderbird (driven by Mike from Key West Racing) sent a Speed Trap (from C&C Racing) flying all the way across the ring. This carried Mike forward, proving he was a real contender for the crown. Day two ended with four cars, which had so-far survived on draws, doing a (Sub4ra cont. on page 26) September 1, 2020 | 21
