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"Thinking of breaking or selling my cart. Gonna build a world beater next time. I've taken the canopy off it this season and fitted rear suspension. More fun to drive.Its a good solid car with proven race experience, Dalby , Cairngorm ,Border Bogies. Its a nice reasonably fast little cart thats very stable.

I m thinking of £325. Its not a problem if no one buys it Ill just strip it for bits. I ll be racing it at Worlaby if anyone wants to see it.

Based near Manchester."

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"Thinking of breaking or selling my cart. Gonna build a world beater next time. I've taken the canopy off it this season and fitted rear suspension. More fun to drive.Its a good solid car with proven race experience, Dalby , Cairngorm ,Border Bogies. Its a nice reasonably fast little cart thats very stable.

I m thinking of £325. Its not a problem if no one buys it Ill just strip it for bits. I ll be racing it at Worlaby if anyone wants to see it.

Based near Manchester."

Team: Toxic

From: Angus

Class: Gravity Sidecar

The 2013 SCA Championship got off to an exciting start at the Border Bogie Challenge, with a new team and a novice driver taking maximum points for an early lead. Zara Lane drove the very impressive Woodworm cartie to an impressive third place overall, and pushed experienced racers Rich Thomas [Lola] and Steve Thomas [C12] very hard indeed.

The current joint champion 'Where's Me Spanners' could hardly have got off to a worse start to their title defence and crashed heavily on the their second run in sight of the finish line. Driver Dom Quinn was unharmed, but the cartie had to retire and will need some repairs before the next race in the series at The Annandale Cup on 29th & 30th June.

Registration for the SCA Championship is free, and you can still register if you would like to join the fun. Just complete the online form and enter the events you want to compete in.

The current championship standings are;

PosTeam
Border Bogies
Total
1Woodworm
15
15 2Team Rooket
14 14 3Nutty's Speed Shop
13
13 4Where's Me Spanners
12 12

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For the third year in a row Steve Thomas in his Soapbox C12 wins Border Bogie 

Full results published ASAP

In reply to Chassis Build Help!:

@autobotsuk #soapboxrace I think I'd go for 25mm x 50mm x 2.5 for the main rails running down the centre, mounted with the 50mm side vertical. You've got some long sections there, and 25mm box migth be a bit too bendy.

As for the wheel mounting - the single plate option would work if the plate is thick enough, but might be a pain for maintenance. The plate would need to be quite chunky too. You've got a heavy chassis and two people onboard - it's going to take a fair old hit when you come off the ramp.

Sorry to be so late in replying - hope this is still useful.

Team: Nuttys Speed Shop

From: Leicestershire

Class: Soapbox Cartie

Cartie racers across the country are gearing up for a big weekend, with three different races taking part on the bank holiday weekend.

On Saturday, the Border Bogie Challenge takes place near Hawick, and on the Monday there is racing at Penn House in Buckinghamshire and in Whitehill & Bordon in Hampshire.

All three races feature teams who are practicing for the Red Bull Soapbox Race in London later this year.

Places are still available for the Penn House race - if you would like to take part then please contact the organisers.

Team: "where's Me Spanners ? "

From: Derbyshire

Class: Soapbox Cartie

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