The Dragonic Republic was an enigma of a place. The country is a city-state; a sprawling Art Deco metropolis located in an area where nothing else is. Surrounding this city is miles and miles of no man's land. Flat, harsh cold in the tundra are what awaits those who go beyond the city gates. Giorgio Myappanakkis, the President of the Dragonic Republic, fired the starting pistol, beginning the Dragonic Republic Grand Prix. Sonic sprinted across the street and hopped into his car, the bright red Cyclone. His speed made him get there first, but the buckling up slowed him down. Sonic had to make sure his belts were fastened properly. Ben Grant was killed last year when he crashed. The Le Mans start caused him to buckle his belts improperly, and he was thrown through the windshield. Sonic got off quickly, Mighty the Armadillo was hot on his trail.
Snaking through the winding city streets, Sonic was attempting to keep his lead. Sonic looked in his rearview, and saw that Mighty was running side by side with Todd Tucker. Good, he thought, The more they fight, the more I can pull ahead. The whole race was three giant laps around the city. Sonic passed by the soccer stadium and the opera house, both marvelous structures, but he didn't have time to look at them as he had a race to win. The street signs, written in Greek, were blurred. Sonic knew there was a crowd on the sides of the roads, lining the streets, but they were colored blurs, the colors of their clothes blurring into a long line.
There was an awful screeching, a loud bang, the sound of yelling and crying. Sonic looked in his rearview and saw Mighty had tangled with Todd Tucker. People were swarming the streets, running to the wreckage. Police officers were asking people to step away. The other racers were trying to avoid the large crowd that had gathered. Mighty had climbed away from the rubble. Todd was sitting on the curb, paramedics talking to him. Mighty looked up at one of the many Jumbotrons around the city, where he witnessed Sonic win the race, becoming the first driver since the race was first contested in 1905 to win the race by holding the lead throughout the entire race.