Red Racer Factory

The Red Racer Factory is an abandoned tricycle factory in the Capital Wasteland.

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Situated just a bit northeast of the Nuka-Cola Plant, it is where you will meet Goalie Ledoux and two members of his gang, Sudden-Death Overtime.

The factory is infested with Feral Ghouls and Super Mutants. If the player's hacking skill is high enough, they can find a terminal in the CEO Offices area of the plant. From here, the player can select the option of disabling chips. Doing so will cause all the enemies in the facility, except for two, to have their heads explode.

Further inside the CEO offices, the player will encounter a mad scientist called The Surgeon who is armed with a Missile Launcher.

There is also a Glowing One named Stefan, who is revealed from the notes of the Surgeon to be a ghoul under his/her control. The Surgeon's notes also reveal that he/she placed chips inside the brains of the super mutants and ghouls in the plant, which is why disabling them made their heads explode. On The Surgeon's body is a key that will will open up two safes nearby and the cage holding Stefan, as well as a Missile Launcher and the Surgeon's Lab Coat.

If you are wearing the Ghoul Mask, you don't need to kill a single enemy here as all appear green. Furthermore, you will be able to talk to The Surgeon albeit he will tell you that they're busy and you should leave him/her alone.


 * Note: The Surgeon could either be a man or a woman, but this has no effect on any possible dialogue or combat.

Notable Loot
Goalie Ledoux wears a unique mask named Ledoux's Hockey Mask that gives the wearer +25 Action Points and has a damage resistance of 5.

D.C. Journal of Internal Medicine under a bucket, on top of a trussel, next to a tool box, turpentine, and hammer. Must drop down from a catwalk.

You can find Nikola Tesla and You behind a locked door (Lockpicking 50 required) in CEO offices.

A copy of Dean's Electronics is well hidden near a toolbox in the first assembly room straight forward from the main entrance. Jump up onto some barrels to get onto one of the machines and find it.

A Nuka-Cola Quantum can be found in the same room as Stefan (locked gate)

A short distance southeast of the factory is a small Raider grouping. Immediately southeast of the factory door is a ramp. Up that ramp is an alley, recognizable by a pile of tires at the entrance. Raiders have taken up residence in this alley. In my playthrough one raider, armed with a missile launcher and flamer, was accompanied by three vicious dogs. (Others report these weapons available in a average locked gun case in the alley, which in my playthrough was empty.) Notable loot includes a copy of Guns and Bullets, a copy of U.S. Army Flamethrower, various ammo, and a handful of meds. A bed is also present. One editor reports a copy of Tumblers Today on the shelves near the bed. I did not see this in my playthrough.

North of the factory, along the highway is a Random Encounter under an overpass. On top of the overpass is a scavenger, with three skill books (1x chinese spec ops, 1x duck and cover, and 1x grognak the barbarian). They cannot be purchased, only stolen. Overpass can be recognized by a wrecked cargo truck underneath and can also be accessed by following the road starting from the grayditch sewer. Also, if you walk along the highway, you may encounter a group of Raiders having some kind of Mole Rat race.

Immediately south of the factory in an overturned, radioactive trucking container with barrels and a dead body is a copy of Grognak the Barbarian.

Related Quests

 * Just for the Taste of It