Red Bull Soap Box

Red Bull Soap Box

The race was held in Azerbaijan for the first time. Red Bull Soapbox Race is the world's most entertaining and creative competition. 43 teams participated with their home-made four-wheeled carts in the competition. That cars have no motor , a single person brought into the action with physical strength. The jury of the competition, evaluated participants according to two criterias : creativity and scenes set up before the start. The third criterion was to overcome all the obstacles and finish till the end successfully. During this competition "Guven" ( Trust ) Charitable Society organised fair of the sale of disabled persons' handicrafts . Scouts helped them as volunteer during the sale. The Soap Box is a youth soapbox car racing program which has been run in the United States since 1934. World Championship finals are held each July at Derby Downs in Akron, Ohio. Cars competing in this and related events are unpowered, relying completely upon gravity to move. Using standardized wheels with precision ball bearings, modern gravity-powered racers start at a ramp on top of a hill, attaining speeds of up to 35 miles per hour. Rally races and qualifying races in cities around the world use advanced timing systems that measure the time difference between the competing cars to the thousandth of a second to determine the winner of a heat. Each heat of a race lasts less than 30 seconds. The vehicles must have steering and braking capability.Teams are judged on both the time taken to complete the course, as well as creativity of their design and the showmanship of a performance at the start of the race, meaning the team with the fastest time is not necessarily the winner.
Number of participants
21
Service hours
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