WHAT DO KIDS DO WHEN THEY GET TOO OLD to enter the annual Soap Box Derby? In England they just make bigger carts and take them to the Downhill Soapbox Race.
photo by James Wardell
This event is held to to raise money for When You Wish Upon A Star, a charity for terminally ill children and its 5th annual race was held this past weekend.
More than 40 teams entered carts that are designed to carry two driver/passengers and on the 1/2-mile downhill course they sometimes get up to 40 mph. About halfway along the course is the haybale chicane that manages to narrow the field.
The fire brigade was represented
Prizes are awarded for the quickest cart, the best design and the one that travels the shortest distance before crashing, among several other prizes.
The West Midlands Express and Star has this nice video report:
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