From Gambettola with the “Polacar” down the slopes of San Marino / Rubicone / Home
With a pinch of madness and healthy madness, down from the descent of San Marino, Sunday 26 June, the Team de Bosch will participate in the Red Bull Soapbox Race 2022.
initially planned on the roads leading to San Luca in Bologna, the organization has turned on the slopes of Mount Titano, right under the walls of the oldest republic in the world.
The Gambettolesi Enrico Bentivegni, pilot, Luca Crudeli, co-pilot, and the pushers Alessandro Patrignani and Nicolò Pracucci (the reserve pusher is Andrea Venturini) one will be gods 40 crews ready to compete on board a self-built cart through the San Marino route which, as the crow flies, will start at “Parking 2”, with the finish line located downstream.
There “Polacar”this is the name of the non-motorized vehicle competing for the Romagna team which turns out, it was initially designed for the 2020 edition of the Soapbox Race, then canceled for Covid. As mentioned without motor and with only the brakes on the rear axleand, the crew on board, composed only of the pilot and the deputy, will have the obligation to travel the route as quickly as possible, made more exciting by jumps and obstacles. However, it will not be enough to be the fastest formation: “Extra points – explains the driver Enrico Bentivegni – will be given by the jury for the aesthetics and design of the vehicle, while others will be awarded in the pre-race, with an exhibition of 20 seconds in which we will focus on a joking skit to impress the judges “.
Gambettola’s team is a veteran in Red Bull races because six years at the Flugtag at the Idroscalo in Milan, with the construction of a spectacular glider launched from a platform on the water. Now the 26 and 27 year olds try again the enterprise and maybe even to hit the title of champions. “We built the machine with the help of our historic mechanical friend Mattia Vernocchi – explains Bentivegni – e we used iron, wood, cardboard, paper mache that we at Gambettola never lack“. Everything will focus on student spirit, “We will try to focus on sympathy and spectacle, not on achieving the best time. Our ‘Polacar’ will be equipped, like a real camera, with flashes, lights and sounds and the touch of class will be the final giant photo that will come out of the vehicle, like a real Polaroid ”.
There is also great anticipation for the fans“We have prepared many gadgets for them and – he concludes – during the descent, we will throw some instant photos to the crowd”.
The event, with free access, will start at 11 on Sunday but the actual race will start at noon, with the awards ceremony set for 4pm.