Thanks to you guys too for such nice comments - it was really just written out of Chenghou Project frustration at 3am when my eyes had gone too blurry from looking at the screen - didn't expect such kind feedback.
I keep popping back and making corrections here and there, so hopefully will get rid of any errors soon. Think the biggest problem was that I kept switching tense - the narrator would never be in a position to tell this story, so it's really just a recording of his internal thought processes. It is very light hearted though, I don't think that anybody worthy of being a Wipeout pilot would be contemplating the 'Robots Build Robots' sign in reality :D
Was very thrilled to hear it described as 2nd best story though (not worthy, not worthy)... but this makes me very eager to know which is the best? I want to read it!