The Martian Grand Prix is an annual event that’s a combination car race, fashion show & demolition derby. Held to coincide with the Valles Marineris Auto Show, this four day road race across the Martian desert show off the pinnacle of ground-craft & morph design, each of the major hypercorps sponsors a vehicle & driver for the race, but other factions such as the Barsoomians, Mercurials, Lunar-LaGrange Alliance, Extropia & the Morningstar Constellation have entered their own race teams. The drivers of these races are celebrities, daredevils, & test pilots showcasing exotic morphs, the XP of the races are always hot-sellers. All vehicles have some means of navigating the hostile Martian terrain, be it low-altitude flight capabilities, leg walkers, or smart wheels. Martian terrain is dangerous, but often no more than the driver at your rear. Sponsors will build weapon systems into the ground-craft for a little roadside “industrial sabotage” & entertainment value. Since loss of life is insured by the driver’s sponsors, outright violence is common; very few of the vehicles make it to the finish line. Given the high clout of sponsors & interest groups involved the grand prize can be anything from a handsome credit reward to a parliamentary seat on the Planetary Congress. Criticism of the race planners has increased in the weeks leading up to the race as it was noticed that each year the track keeps gradually shifting ever closer to the TITAN quarantine zone. Just a little adventure I thought would be cool, inspired by Speed Racer, Death Race 2000 (the original) & this trailer for an anime called Redline http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAZSF7LPo_8 anyone else got any neat ideas for how to flesh this out