"Ok... Where were we?" Ellen muttered, her voice a low thrumming vibration in the helmet. She felt the gap, a yawning chasm of distance between her and the leading cars.
"I'm way behind the others... What if..." She tapped her fingers on the steering wheel.
'Cheating. Is it cheating?'
"There is no rule about it... So it won't be cheating," she finally decided, her face setting in a line of fierce concentration.
Ellen raised both hands from the wheel, took a deep breath, and slammed them back down, clenching the carbon-fiber grip. "Let's go!"
A ripple of white light flared around her hands. Ellen didn't just push the pedal; she unleashed 50% of her spirit energy into the car's drive core.
The next moment, it didn't accelerate; it vanished from its spot, a raging, blinding monster tearing through the track.
"....?!"
The audience were dumbfounded, a mass gasp silencing the entire venue. Even the seasoned announcer stammered into silence.
