Hyundai soapbox racer

[freebeard]

https://www.thegentlemanracer.com/20...box-racer.html



I want mine in 304 Stainless Steel, on a shortened VW Beetle floorpan.

edit:


Superbeetle front suspension converted to coil-overs.

[Piotrsko]

It isn't however, a genuine soapbox racer
https://www.soapboxderby.org/aasbd-r.../rulebook.aspx

[jakobnev]

Seeing those lines makes me want a cyber truck instead.

[bratboy]

My friends kid won because he used lotus philosophy and my idea of a shower curtain for bodywork. He smoked in each race

[botsapper]

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

[aerohead]

* 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'