It also got mainly boo'ed all the way. People felt it was not in the spirit of the race and was built to win without any of the whacky. The rules have been changed now so you are awarded points for fun and flare so it doesn't become just a race of the fastest. Much more fun now. I live right at the entrance to Ally Palace where it is held.
I personally liked engineering ones like that. In that year, my sister’s friend of a friend enetered an abysmal Shard-based entry. 2013 was the only soapbox race I have watched despite Ally Pally being in my local area
It also broke the front left wheel (you can see it bouncing in the aerodynamic fairing where the contact patch is supposed to be and probably causing the later chip in the fiberglass body due to the lack of support on that wheel.. Still managed to finish properly.
Love all these cars but couldn't help but laugh when a blue bird tribute was refered to as futuristic (iconic series of landspeed record cars spanking from the 20's to 60's)
The Phyabird is the true winner especially as it broke it's front left suspension on the first jump/obstacle and completed virtually the entire course on three wheels
Nah for me it actually get's the last place because it's so boring compared to the rest, it was just designed to win and nothing else and it looks like there was simply money pumped into it rather than fun and passion (like everyone else has some wild homemade cardboard or wood chassis and they have what looks like a custom fiberglass wind-tunnel tested extra aerodynamic one), not saying there is no passion and creativity at all just but it just doesn't fit the spirit of soap box racing imo.
@@free4fire idk, I think it fits the spirit, but maybe not the Red Bull soapbox spirit. But I don't think it was boring, thats kinda like saying that while a '40s Model T hop-up is interesting, a Ferrari is boring.
Contrast that with the Shard tower-based entry my sister’s friend of a friend sent the same year which had a wheel break off on a ramp and was carried down the rest of the course. Didn’t quite place last though.
It not so much the jump design, as it is the car design. It has to do with how weight is distributed as the car leaves the lip of the ramp. Ideally, you want the driver in the center (relative to the front/rear wheels). Putting the driver at the rear or at the front will cause the weight to be biased, making it either nose-heavy or rear-heavy once it's airborne.
@@wowplayer160 not it’s not scary if a jump is calculated well. You can do huge jumps 100m 350ft in a car without noticing that you actually just did a jump.
I do not understand how they avoid dying. The last one clearly slammed his chin into the soap box at the end and then snapped his neck backwards. I'm surprised they do not require NASCAR style protection and restraints.
