We
love speed. The exhilaration we feel
when we’re driving with the top down and the landscape is whizzing by is an
American pastime, almost a tradition in our culture. We pack Nascar Speedways to watch speed
demons circle a track, drive fast in the HOV lane, and mount up a ridiculous
amount of speeding violations on a daily basis.
We’re a speed-based country bent on getting to the next
objective…quickly. As fans of the racing
dynamic and the sense of adrenaline we get from it, I’ve decided to pull 3
crazy races into a list (Courtesy of HowStuffWorks.com) on our Blog. Check them out below:
Red
Bull Soapbox Race
It’s
all about gravity with this one. The
objective is to create a makeshift vessel that can be propelled with only
standard wheels. The vehicle is
engineless, and zooming downhill in this derby and winning could warrant a
prize. The derby oozes creativity, with
past entrants being in the shape of a piano, a giant corn on the cob, and…the
Golden Gate Bridge. Now that’s awesome!
24
Hours of LeMons
According
to HowStuffWorks.com “While the actual 24 Hours of LeMans sports car race, held
annually in the eponymous French city, features real racing cars that have been
tuned and engineered within an inch of their lives, the 24 Hours of LeMons race
features real, well, lemons.” If you
paid more than $500 for your car, including modifications you won’t be allowed
on the track. Our first car out of high
school would have worked perfectly.
Gumball
3000
The Gumball 3000 is a high-end car rally that runs annually
between locations since 1999. The
tradition began in London, making its way through Europe, ending in New York
City. Other Gumballs have gone from New York to
the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles and from the Eiffel Tower in Paris to the
Cannes Film Festival in the south of France -- not a very long trip until you
consider that the route crossed the Mediterranean and passed through North
Africa on its way to the finish line.
Have any you would like to add?
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