Last night saw the inaugural Death Badger 500 races on both the Union and Defiant servers, with dozens of eager heroes taking the opportunity to display their badge-hunting skills and healthy disregard for their own safety.

Both races went very well, with many thrills, spills and mass deaths along the way. In the end, though, there could be only one winner on each server.

Union’s Death Badger 500, which started at 7pm GMT, was an extremely close-run thing. In a near-photo finish, Ninja Run just pipped runner-up Shank’s Pony to the line, entering the Founder’s Falls ICON store less than a second ahead of his rival!

Defiant’s race got underway at 8pm GMT. Although runner-up Kenya Mom put in a brave effort, the clear winner was Tiger Candy, whose go-faster pink stripes saw him cross the line in record time!

Read on for more details of both races…

Union

The brave Death Badgers of Union warm up before the race.

Ready, Set, GO!

Hellions look on in amazement as the Badgers stream past.

As the casualties mount, the pack begins to thin out.

An incredibly close finish.

Ninja Run celebrates his victory.

Defiant

The Defiant Badgers gather.

A moonlit start to Defiant’s first Death Badger 500.

Jostling for position in the first stretch of the race.

Streaming towards Kings Row.

We have a winner!

Tiger Candy shows off his badging muscles.

Congratulations to Ninja Run and Tiger Candy on their victories, and thanks to DreamWeaver for the Death Badger 500 logo, Coin for the Defiant Death Badger 500 footage, and everyone who came along and took part for making both races such a success!