Time to build your soap box race machine!
ON YOUR marks, get set, BUILD!
The Mountsorrel Revival will once again feature Soap Box Racing this summer and it is time for those taking part to start creating their speedy masterpieces.
The popular free event will take place on Sunday, August 13 between 11am and 4.30pm and has something for everyone from a street parade to archery, and swing jive to burlesque.
Now in its fourth year, the Soap Box Racing is a cornerstone of the Mountsorrel Revival event, with crowds enjoying the antics of the wacky racers in some spectacular machines.
Racers take part in the street parade, sandwiched between the burlesque girls in front and the hot rods and custom cars behind, before returning to the pits for an afternoon of racing.
Ian Shonk, organiser of the event, said: “Getting together with friends to build and race the Soap Boxes is just great fun, and to be part of the action on the track with the other teams is a high point of the summer.”
A quirky feature of the racing is that the local police bring their speed-gun to the race track and issue speeding tickets to all the rac- ers!
Teams can be family based, company teams, or just friends, and you can build everything from simple bodies built onto children’s pedal karts to elaborate and spectacular constructions.
Teams wishing to enter the Soap Box Racing should get their entry in to guarantee a space on the grid.
All the details and entry forms are available on the Mountsorrel Revival website.
Please visit: http://www.mountsorrelrevival.co.uk
You can also visit the Mountsorrel Revival website to watch a video featuring a street parade and Soap Box Racing from a previous year.