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Driver: Dr. Sylvester Grindstone Vehicle: Kingfisher Teams: Unaffiliated Base: 1982 Hot Wheels Hot Bird
A self-avowed naturalist, Dr. Sylvester Grindstone operates a small nature reserve and garden in the southern reaches of the Slaglands. It’s a noble effort, but one constantly hindered both by the terrible environments left behind after the Martian war and the rarity of tools and materials necessary to maintain pre-war flora and fauna.
Though a pacifist by nature, Dr. Grindstone knew there was only one profession where it was possible to secure the funds to continue his passion project - the Slaglands death races.
Dr. Grindstone has a particular fondness for birds, and it was one species in particular inspired his vehicle choice. Eschewing any high caliber weaponry for a harpoon, the Kingfisher draws in its targets to be crushed beneath its weighty wheels.
The hope is that a crushed engine block would put an opponent out of the race non-lethally. But if he did happen to drive over a vehicle cabin and crush it’s occupants, then resulting wreckage would likely hide the bodies of those crushed inside from the doctor’s conscious.
Out of sight, out of mind.