Sunday, November 13, 2016 will see the slopes of Powai turn into a wacky race track as tiffin carriers and vadapavs on wheels will hurtle down the road, in a bid to win the ultimate challenge, the Red Bull Soapbox Race. Scheduled to commence at 3 PM onwards at the Supreme Business Park, Powai, the second edition of Red Bull Soapbox Race in India is promised to crazier than before.
The Red Bull Soapbox Race is an international event that started back in the year 2000, in Brussels. Since then, more than a hundred Red Bull Soapbox Races have been organized globally.
This will be the second time that the event is coming back to India. In an outrageous downhill race, racers are welcomed to build their own soapbox and compete against gravity. Each of these hand-made machines have no engine on them. A big push from the teammates, a little bit of luck and a big dollop of eccentricity is the recipe to win this crazy race.
The first edition Red Bull Soapbox Races in India took place in 2012, when people witnessed everything — from a vadapav to a pizza slice — roll down Mount Mary slope in the inaugural edition of Soapbox. The second edition promises to be bigger and better.