Please check the History of Sports on TV article from ADQ Spring 2035 Vol 3, #1
2000: Federal government moves to nationalize dwindling supplies of oil and natural gas production. Legislatures in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana react by seceding, and move to nationalize these resources themselves.
2004: Texarkana Accords are signed, ending the Second Civil War. Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana become three separate sovereign nations, referred to as the Free Oil States.
2012: Grain blight breaks out in Nebraska.
2016: The Food Riots. “Fortress” towns develop. National government fails to keep order throughout much of the U.S.
2017: Federal Prison systems begin to run out of funds due to the war expenses and government rendering aid to victims of Grain Blight. Executions of Death Row inmates are expedited. Executions are televised to show that local governments are “On Top” of the problem. Local executions are among the top shows in the country often beating out nationally televised shows.
2018: Penitentiary Island is purchased by the McLaren Corporation and turned into a for-profit facility. The McLaren Corp. decides to do away with “boring” executions and pits their death row inmates against each other for syndicated television. Following the nearly 10-year popularity streak of “Death Sports”, Execution Sports pits prisoners against each in various death battles (MMA, Gladiatorial Combat, etc.). The Execution Sports Show begins nationwide syndication to high ratings.
2020: The corporate owners of Penitentiary Island form their own television production company, Terminal Island Productions (TIP). TIP takes their show direct to Pay-Per-View. Profits nearly double in the first year alone.
2022: Supreme Court decision decriminalizes manslaughter in arena games. “Death Sports” become popular. Television becomes nation’s number-two industry, just after food production.
2023: “Crazy Joe” Harshman wins Fresno destruction derby by mounting a surplus .50-caliber machine gun in his Chevy. Term “autoduelling” first used by sportswriters. Terminal Island Productions sees a drop in profits as competition from Shootout II and the Blood & Guts Network seek their own piece of the “Death Sports” pie.
2025: Autoduelling becomes most popular TV sport, edging out combat football and private wars. Eight more autoduel arenas open in North America. The American Autoduel Association (AADA) is formed. Viewership for TIP events is down by over 50 percent.
2026: TIP introduces the “Death Race” (Chassis and Crossbows rules ADQ Vol 1 #3 for early years of the Death Race. Regular Car Wars rules from 2032 onward) and promises freedom if a driver can win nine races. Viewership rises again and eclipses old records of the gladiatorial combat shows.
2035: “Frankenstein” becomes the first “Death Race” convict to win his freedom.
2036: Rumors of the falsification of criminal records and the kidnapping of up-and-coming young duelists are never proven as TIP struggles to find the next “Frankenstein”.
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*PLEASE NOTE* This supplemental information was written for Car Wars 1st – 4th Edition rules and game play. It is compatible with Car Wars 6th Edition by adding 35 years to the future history.
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