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Hyundai soapbox racer
https://www.thegentlemanracer.com/20...box-racer.html
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k4aAyPjDx...oapboxRide.jpg I want mine in 304 Stainless Steel, on a shortened VW Beetle floorpan. edit: https://i.imgur.com/7QZhA.jpg Superbeetle front suspension converted to coil-overs. |
It isn't however, a genuine soapbox racer
https://www.soapboxderby.org/aasbd-r.../rulebook.aspx |
Seeing those lines makes me want a cyber truck instead.
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My friends kid won because he used lotus philosophy and my idea of a shower curtain for bodywork. He smoked in each race
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Almost twenty years ago they had automotive design departments of top car companies make gravity racers for the Xtreme Gravity Racing series in 2005. Corporate-supported entries, Nissan, Mazda, Chrysler, Infiniti, Volvo, Bentley Volkswagen, GM, and Audi used their design, engineering and fabrication staff to create beautiful aero entries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo3ptMMn95w
L'Ultime Descente Speed Challenge, Atomic Scalpel has the world's gravity top speed record @ 101.98 mph https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlH5iGu-XgQ |
gravity racer
* scale it up
* put it on rails * marry it to a 140-mph roller-coaster drop ramp * from any urban skyscraper * lifted, empty, with renewable energy * pointed towards the suburbs * and you get a thrilling mass transit system * which provides an experience some will pay an $ 80 (US) entry fee * just to by a ticket for * at an amusement park * after stepping off a renewable-energy-powered elevator * already installed in the skyscraper * local gravitational constant = 'fuel' |
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