Red Bull Soapbox Race

[1][2] Originality and extravagance play an even greater role in the competition, as each team is also rated for their showmanship and the soapboxes are often inspired by folklore, pop culture, motorsport or everyday-life themes in their creation.

[4] The same location was chosen one year later, and the country would host the competition twice more, in 2006 (in Johannesburg) and 2010 (in Soweto): South Africa still represents the only African nation to have held the soapbox race.

Instead, South America first got to know the event better the following year, when two different editions were held in Brazil: the first one took place in Fortaleza on June 8, while the second one was organized in Porto Alegre on September 21.

The circle was completed between 2012 and 2013, with three subsequent editions being organized in the same number of Asian countries: China (although the event was hosted in Hong Kong), India and Oman.

[19] TomSka also revealed that he had planned to film an episode for his series "TryHards" at the race alongside collaborators Elliot Gough and Eddie Bowley but that they had failed to secure places in time.

[20] The winners of events receive a trophy and various special prizes, such as a trip to the Macau Formula 3 Grand Prix to meet Carlos Sainz (Hong Kong 2012[6]), a tour of the Red Bull Racing Factory, including a high performance track day (London 2013[3]).

[5] Reviewing the 2008 Belfast race, the News Letter related that it was "difficult to describe the quality of the lunacy on display"[25] Reviewing the 2011 Los Angeles event, the Huffington Post described it as a piece of wholesome fun so rare in modern-day big cities, and through the various designs and teams it showed creativity and the human spirit, with flashes of great ingenuity and engineering, and capturing the zeitgeist.