UK Soapbox Races 2022

After the success of the first VW Camper and Bus Show soap box derby, the second edition takes place on Soap Box Hill at Eastnor Castle, Ledbury, Herefordshire HR8 1RL over the weekend of the 8-9 August 2015. Entry is free to all those taking part.

The derby is part of the camper and bus show a celebration of the classic VW Camper Van.

Find out more at http://www.vwcamperandbus.com/camper-and-bus-show

After the success of the first VW Camper and Bus Show soap box derby, the second edition takes place on Soap Box Hill at Eastnor Castle, Ledbury, Herefordshire HR8 1RL over the weekend of the 8-9 August 2015. Entry is free to all those taking part.

The derby is part of the camper and bus show a celebration of the classic VW Camper Van.

Find out more at http://www.vwcamperandbus.com/camper-and-bus-show

The Aldington Soapbox Derby will take place on Monday 31th August 2015.

Build yourself a whacky crowd pleaser, or create something that will challenge the course record.

It's not all about the racing, this is also a fantastic day out for the family with plenty to see and do.

The main purpose of the event is to raise funds for our chosen beneficiaries,The Pilgrims’ Hospices, Aldington Village Hall and Ashford Lions Club Charities.

Windmill Hill Soap Box Derby has been created to help raise money for Clifford AFC Development Fund, whilst aiming to be a fun day for the teams, supporters and spectators.

‘Fun’ or ‘Themed’ Soap Boxes are especially encouraged since they provide the most interest to watch! Check out youtube for inspiration.

The first race, which will be the Junior Soap Box Derby will commence at 10.30am and the adult races will start from 12.30pm. In addition to the races there will be food, drink and light entertainment.

For further details, check out the Windmill Hill Soap Box Derby web site.

The first annual Mickleover Soapbox Derby will be held on Sunday September 13th 2015. It will be an on-road event over a 250m course.

Information is available from www.ourmickleover.co.uk and www.facebook.com/OurMickleover

The Cookham Dean Gravity Grand Prix is a fun event run by The Kaffirs of Cookham Dean to raise money for charity, traditionally The Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance.

The course will be from the junction of Church Road and Spring Lane to Uncle Tom’s Cabin. See the their web site for full details.

The 2015 East Coast Challenge of Gravity Racing is held at various locations on the US. This event is open to ALL Gravity Racers. Any Soapbox Racer, Drift Triker, Long Boarder, Street Luger or Gravity Biker.

See the event page on facebook for details and to keep up to date with the latest news.

The 2015 East Coast Challenge of Gravity Racing is held at various locations on the US. This event is open to ALL Gravity Racers. Any Soapbox Racer, Drift Triker, Long Boarder, Street Luger or Gravity Biker.

See the event page on facebook for details and to keep up to date with the latest news.

The last Stubby Lee Soapbox Challenge was such a success that they are doing it again in October. The event will be held over 2 separate courses; qualifing in the morning on the short Moorlands track followed by racing on the long Stubby Lee.

See the Stubbylee Soapbox Challenge group on Facebook for further information.

BRAVO Brechin would like to invite you to once again participate in Scotland’s biggest Gravity Cartie Race. 

Full details on Brechin's Halloween in the City facebook page.

Got any questions about this event? Please contact the organisers via their facebook page.

Spectacular!   That's the only word to describe the Rotary  Club of Billericay's planned biggest cash-raising venture in years.  Fancy being a "Boy Racer"?  Now's your chance.   So, prepare to strap up, belt up and get helmeted for the major Rotary event of 2016 in Billericay.  The Soapbox Derby!

Note the date now:  Bank Holiday Monday, May 2nd, 2016.  Designated race- track (agreed by Essex Highways) - the glorious downhill run from Sun Corner down London Road towards the Western Road traffic lights.  Racing all day from 10.00 a.m. to about 5.00 p.m.  All sizes. All ages - wackier the better. The Wacky Racers will form part of the spectacular fun day.

See http://www.rotary-ribi.org/clubs/page.php?PgID=540825&ClubID=1390 for full details.

As you would expect with just a few months to go, preparations are well underway for the fifth running of the Tetbury Lions Wacky Races soapbox derby that will be held on Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May.

Last year saw many and varied entries ranging from a galleon made from bits of a garden shed, a steam engine, a carrot, a giant cream egg and the Jamaican Bobsleigh team to name but a few and we anticipate similar creative entries this year.

So if you are considering an entry, now is the time to start planning and putting a few ideas together while leaving plenty of time to really test the vehicle before race day.

Full details are at http://www.tetburywackyraces.co.uk/

See https://www.facebook.com/groups/1525336264406624 for details.

The Harewood hill climb soap box challenge will raise money for charity and will be a rip-roaring day of thrills and spills for teams, supporters and spectators alike. 

For full details and entry forms, please see their web site at http://soapboxchallenge.co.uk/

The Border Bogie Challenge takes place in the beautiful conservation village of Denholm in the heart of the Scottish Borders.   It's an insane, fast-paced timetrial race down a hill on a typical rural country road, (which will have been closed to vehicles for the duration, obviously!) in a homemade bogie (or a go-kart for those of you who aren't lucky enough to be Scottish).

And don't forget, for those mums and dads who are prepared to endanger their children for the entertainment of others, there will be two, possibly three kids runs in the morning for the under-sixteens.

• Classes for Soapbox Cartie, Gravity Sidecar, Gravity Bike and Pedal Bike.
• SCA Championship points available.
  

Check out their web site and facebook page for further details.

Check out the event web site for full details.

Check out the event web site for full details.

The Childrens Ward Bogie Race is a fundraising campaign to support and provide the best possible facilities to improve the lives of seriously sick children from the north Lancashire area.

Any money raised at the bogie race event to help to dramatically improve the children stay at the children’s ward.

Full details at http://bogierace.co.uk

The Brackley Soapbox Derby will run in 2016 on SUNDAY JUNE 19th.

There are some changes to the running of the soapboxes for 2016 so be sure to look at the new rules and regulations carefully which are now available from the information page .

Numbers are limited this year so if you want to take part please submit your entry as early as possible.

Full details can be found at http://www.brackleysoapbox.org

The Humber Bridge Soapbox Derby is an annual race for amateur teams. Enter handmade carts at the same time as raising money for charity, having fun and winning prizes! Your team can consist of individual groups, apprentices, schools, colleges, designers and people working in the renewable, maritime and transport sector.

They are particularly proud of the teams who have raised significant sums of money for our previous charity partners and actively promote creative and crazy designs for all carts as well as business entries complete with company logos.

Full details and entry forms at http://www.humberbridgesoapbox.co.uk/

Penn House Grand Prix is back in 2016 on June 25th. The event includes classes for bikes, streamlined karts and roadster karts without bodywork. Full details available from the event web site and also on Facebook at Penn House Grand Prix and we have a website. Pennhousegrandprix.co.uk. For details email adrian@sbcon.co.uk.

After the success of the first Soap Box Derby in 2015, a date has been set for the Priors Marston Soapbox Derby 2016 !

2016 promises to be bigger & better - there will be children's round (age categorized depending on how many entrants) and adults (16+) round and not forgetting and extreme course perhaps with jumps! - all powered by Adrenalin & Bravery alone.

Designs are to be wacky, wild & wonderful - fancy dress optional but there will be recognition for the best dress Soap Box & their navigator!

Full details at https://www.facebook.com/events/127118000957970/

The Richards Castle Soap Box Derby challenges teams to build and race carts in aid of charitable causes - carts of all shapes and sizes have raced over the years - both designed for speed and novelty!

See the Richards Castle Soap Box Derby web site for full details.

The Hinckley BID Soap Box Derby will be held on Sunday 3rd July 2016.

See http:/.../hinckley-bids-7th-annual-soap-box-derby for details

30mph, 1/2 km Race Track!!!
Gravity & Sheer Courage!!!!

FEEL THE NEED; THE NEED FOR SPEED!!!!!!!!!!

Welton Soapbox Derby delivers a Spectacular array of amateur drivers racing homemade soapbox vehicles. Each hand-made machine is fuelled by nothing but sheer courage, and the force of gravity!

This unique non-motorised racing event challenges both experienced racers and amateurs alike; to design and build traditional or outrageous soapbox dream machines, and compete against the clock in A DOWNHILL RACE!

For an official application form, please email Soapbox HQ: welton_soapbox@outlook.com

Terms & Conditions Apply

Welton Soapbox Derby is an independent nonprofit event with all revenues distributed to local charitable organisations

Full details at https://www.facebook.com/events/1610968789192040/

Details at https://www.facebook.com/hawksland.bogierace

"Worlaby is a small village located on the western edge of the Wolds near Brigg. It also has the perfect assest for Gravity Racing, The Hill. With a steep gradiant and natural bends it makes the perfect location to hold a Gravity Competition.

Apple Head Gravity Sport are holding a competition on Sunday 10 July 2016 which will start at 9:00 hrs."

Entries for this year Worlaby event will open on the 1st February. This year there will be 20 Soapbox, 5 sidecar and 12 Gravity bike places up for grabs. Entries will be taken on a first come first served basis, so please don't delay as last years event was full subscribed in 5 days.

More details at http://www.appleheadgravitysport.co.uk or on their facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/AppleHeadGravitySport

• Course length : ~750m
  
• Average gradient : 1 in 15
  
• Maximum gradient : 1 in 10
  
• Typical top speed : ~40mph
  

Full details at http://www.speeddown.be/SpeeddownInt.html

Full details at http://www.speeddown.be/SpeeddownInt.html

After the success of the second soap box derby last year, the third VW Camper&Bus Show Gravity Race takes place on Soap Box Hill at Eastnor Castle, Ledbury, Herefordshire over the weekend of the 30-31 July 2016.

Entry is free to all  those taking part. The derby is part of the camper and bus show a celebration of the classic VW Camper Van. £150.00 first prize.  Enter by emailing adrian.vaughan@kelsey.co.uk

Harfat soapbox race is go! Taking place this summer on 30th July it will be a fun family afternoon on a closed course with the emphasis on having fun.

See https://www.facebook.com/Haverfordwestsoapbox for details.

Full details at http://www.speeddown.be/SpeeddownInt.html

After the success of the second soap box derby last year, the third VW Camper&Bus Show Gravity Race takes place on Soap Box Hill at Eastnor Castle, Ledbury, Herefordshire over the weekend of the 30-31 July 2016.

Entry is free to all  those taking part. The derby is part of the camper and bus show a celebration of the classic VW Camper Van. £150.00 first prize.  Enter by emailing adrian.vaughan@kelsey.co.uk

There will be a soapbox race in Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, SW Wales on 14th August 2016.

More details to follow...

The Autohorn Micklegate Soapbox Challenge is a hilarious go-cart race down York's Finest Street.

On Sunday 28th August 2016 (the August Bank Holiday) fifty teams from all over Britain will be racing their home made soapbox carts down the steep cobbles street of Micklegate, from the Bar to the River Ouse.

Full details at http://www.micklegaterun.co.uk/

Windmill hill soap box derby will raise money for Clifford AFC and will be a rip-roaring day of thrills and spills for teams, supporters and spectators alike.

The first race, the junior soap box derby, gets underway at 10.30am with adult races starting at 12.30pm. In addition to races there will be food, drink and entertainment for everyone. Funds will be raised through each team’s own sponsorship, ticket sales and sales of food and drink on the day. We urge entering teams to gather as much sponsorship from friends, family and colleagues as possible, as they build their soap boxes in the lead-up to the event. ‘Fun’ or ‘themed’ soap boxes are especially welcome!

Full details and entry forms can be found at skid-marks.co.uk

The Reach Valley Gravity Grand Prix will take place once again on 11th September 2016. We will keep you up to date with all the latest information on our latest news page, facebook and twitter accounts, so make sure you like these pages and keep in touch.

See https://reachvalleygravitygrandprix.wordpress.com/about/ for full details.

The Gravity Grand Prix is a fun event run by The Kaffirs of Cookham Dean to raise money for charity, traditionally The Thames Valley Air Ambulance.

It is an annual event that is held at the end of the summer in the village of Cookham Dean, Berkshire. This year, 2016, will be the 10th consecutive year for holding the event and with a growing number of competitors and spectators, it could be the biggest yet.

Full details at https://sites.google.com/site/ggprix/home