Teemto Pagalies' Podracer had the longest engines of the contestants in the
Boonta Eve Classic. That may have made them the largest target for the Sand People camped out on the Canyon Dune Turn. A well-placed shot by one of the
Tusken Raiders pierced the engine cowling, sending Teemto's entire Podracer crashing across the desert flats. His oddly-shaped cockpit went spinning wildly into the sands.