Lotus has just moved the bar a bit higher for soapbox racer builders out there with the Lotus Type 119c soapbox
. This racer is the reigning champion and record holder at the Brooklands Soapbox Derby which is an event that is part of the Goodwood Festival of Speed held in England. Somehow I don't think too many 8â17-year old kids will be up to the task of matching this...
Snippet: The closed-cockpit Lotus Type 119c “streamliner” features an aerodynamically-efficient ultralight carbon-fibre monocoque, remaining true to the “performance through light weight” philosophy of Lotus founder Colin Chapman...
For more information on the All-American Soap Box Derby (not the Brooklands über-tech version) click here.
dderosa says:
01:03 PM, 07/17/06
It's beautiful. The others are all "downhill" after that.
mercedesman1 says:
08:17 AM, 07/18/06
whoa ho ho that lotus tpe 119c Soapbox Racer is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!