The was hot and that's why it's best to be waiting inside where its cool and there is food. That is Riku's basic thought process as he was sitting in a booth with his friends and the waiter just brought their food. They were tight on money so they all split one thing, and that being a fairly big sandwich which they had cut up into five pieces. There was also talk how if Riku wins this they can finally pay off that debt and still have money to start their own business, and maybe afford a cheap place to sleep instead of sleeping in the car they worked so hard on. 

The numbers were called out and Riku got up and was ready to race [color=8882be]"Well guys this is it, we've come so far. And to be honest I refuse to lose this race especially now. So I'm going to win this but not by myself... I'm going to win this with the help of everyone of you. You know as a team!"[/color] his friends all wished him good luck and cheered him on as he left.

Riku had entered the transport train and really didn't know where to sit. Everyone just sort of intimidated him it was a way different feeling than being on the track. Because on the track all you can see is the car not the racer inside, and even though Riku's car doesn't have any weapons to say the least. It doesn't scare him seeing a car with like a cannon on the top because he knows he can just out drive that car and get out of range. Anyhow Riku ended up sitting next to some girl with red hair and goggles. He really didn't want to start a conversation just because and waited quietly for the transport train to stop.