On Sunday 28th May, over 15,000 people lined the streets of Stockport to cheer on and enjoy the Town's first soapbox Derby.
Thirty local teams made up of businesses, charities and independent teams, designed, built and then raced their hand made soapboxes, powered by nothing more than gravity and the cheers from thousands of local spectators.
The overall winners taking first place were ‘The Stairshop Boys’, a local business team from The StairShop. They made it down the 180 metre track in an impressive 22.98 seconds. Narrowly missing out on the top spot was ‘Motor Move & The Movettes’ with a time of 24.41 seconds followed by Dove Valley Senders in Third place with a time of 24.56 seconds.
The winning team only decided to enter two weeks before the event with the soapbox being built and completed just days before the event. Mike Lomax from The Stair Shop said; “A fantastic day was had by all and I just want to say thank you to everyone that came to support us and a special thank you to Paul who spent some long evenings with me last week building our Kart. We will be back next year to defend our title”
In addition to the top three, Trophies were also handed out for the Best Krazy Designed Kart, presented by Headline Charity ‘When You Wish Upon A Star’ to business team ‘Landscaping Direct’, the Main Sponsors Choice Award was won by ‘Sloth 7 to 70’ and presented by Tony Murry, on behalf of Headline sponsor Totally Stockport BID Company. The Most Entertaining Team of the Day as voted by the public went to The Crash Team and the Best Team Award, as voted by the teams themselves and presented by Stockport Deputy Mayor & Mayoress Elect, went to The Sk Bombardiers. As well as trophies, all seven winning teams were treated to a crate of Beer from Trophy sponsors Robinson Brewery.
Organiser and founder of Krazy Races, Sarah Belcher; “This was our first event in Stockport and our first event of the 2023 season. We have been blown away by the incredible support and enthusiasm from the amazing people of Stockport. All our events are free to attend without tickets so we never know how many supporters to expect on the day but the 15,000+ estimated attendance has surpassed our expectations and the feedback in the hours since the event has finished has been nothing but positive which is all we could ask for.
She added; “I need to say a huge thank you to the sponsors and supporters who make all of these events possible, and my team behind the scenes who work so hard to make it such a fantastic event. I would like to say a special thankyou to our Headline sponsor Totally Stockport BID company who approached us and invited us to Stockport nearly two years ago.
“Congratulations to all the winners!”
Krazy Races will continue their season in Swansea on Sunday 18th June before returning to the North west on Sunday 16th July in Northwich. They will then visit Wolverhampton City Centre on Monday 28th August and finish the season in style in Lancasters Williamson Park.
Team spaces are available for all upcoming events. Check out the website to find out more.
www.krazyraces.com
For more information contact;
Danny Scoffin
Head of Marketing
Sarah Belcher Events LTD
danny@sarahbelcherevents.co.uk
