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Brackley Soapbox Derby
« on: 16 June 2013, 20:42:02 »

Not quite cars, but almost car related ;D

I managed to find a spare couple of hours to go down a cheer the competitors on - I do try to get to all the local town events.













Many didn't stop in time, ploughing into the boxes ;D


And those with extreme tracking issues needed a helping hand


And another just about to have a relationship with the cardboard


And another
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Re: Brackley Soapbox Derby
« Reply #1 on: 16 June 2013, 20:54:15 »

Thats symes in the hot rod  :D ;D

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Re: Brackley Soapbox Derby
« Reply #2 on: 16 June 2013, 20:56:49 »

Just the weather for it ;D

Always looks like fun though :y
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Re: Brackley Soapbox Derby
« Reply #3 on: 16 June 2013, 21:01:31 »

Thats symes in the hot rod  :D ;D


Looks like something The Pikey Pensioner should be driving. ;D ;D
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Re: Brackley Soapbox Derby
« Reply #4 on: 16 June 2013, 21:06:42 »

That happens at Hotrod Hayride-but it gets better at night-with added help from a guy called Jim Beam ;)
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Re: Brackley Soapbox Derby
« Reply #5 on: 16 June 2013, 21:11:09 »

Never get to hear when these are run , would like to see one  :)
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Re: Brackley Soapbox Derby
« Reply #6 on: 16 June 2013, 21:17:33 »

Looks like they had some fun  :) :)
I love to see kids enjoying themselves  :y
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Re: Brackley Soapbox Derby
« Reply #7 on: 16 June 2013, 21:53:51 »

Great fun that, used to have a go years ago when in the Scouts....... :y :y
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Re: Brackley Soapbox Derby
« Reply #8 on: 16 June 2013, 21:56:13 »

Great fun that, used to have a go years ago when in the Scouts....... :y :y
probably not allowed now due to health and safety :(
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Re: Brackley Soapbox Derby
« Reply #9 on: 16 June 2013, 22:01:30 »

Saw the signs for it when I was back other week, never seen it though  ;D

Looks good :)
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Re: Brackley Soapbox Derby
« Reply #10 on: 16 June 2013, 22:01:35 »

Great fun that, used to have a go years ago when in the Scouts....... :y :y
probably not allowed now due to health and safety :(

You may well be right, remember as kids, 4 pram wheels and a couple of bits of wood, a bottle crate (wood) a bit of rope and some nuts and bolts / screws / nails, hours of fun and we lived...... :y :y
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Re: Brackley Soapbox Derby
« Reply #11 on: 16 June 2013, 22:09:46 »

yep-sort of rights of passage-wasnt it-to make a kart :y :y grazes were like medals of honour-now kids just sit playin games/phone all day :(
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Re: Brackley Soapbox Derby
« Reply #12 on: 16 June 2013, 22:25:41 »

We don't have anything that civilised here unfortunately :(
A lot of effort gone into that too from everyone involved by the looks of it :y
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Re: Brackley Soapbox Derby
« Reply #13 on: 17 June 2013, 08:12:10 »

Looks like they had some fun  :) :)
I love to see kids enjoying themselves  :y
Yeah, good to see the under 15s category had a good turnout, and girls as well as boys. And, more important, I suspect many helped make their karts, which has to be a better life skill than Xbox and arsebook :y
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Re: Brackley Soapbox Derby
« Reply #14 on: 17 June 2013, 08:16:23 »

That happens at Hotrod Hayride-but it gets better at night-with added help from a guy called Jim Beam ;)
One of our own racing celebs - Barrie Williams - was on hand to rag a proper Mini - and a Cooper at that I think - up and down the High Street, with plenty of handbrake control ;D.
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