British Pedal Car Grand Prix
Exciting news this year in British Pedal Car circles, with New Milton taking over from Pont-Audemer as the alternate year location for the British Pedal Car Grand Prix, Ringwood being the other venue.
Today was the big event so an HST/Turbo/Desiro move took me to the fringes of the New Forest.
Course is in the town centre, with the High Street acting as the pit lane.
Standard of Entrants vary, the Police are a mainstay…
….as is the Fire Brigade.
Women’s Institute (this started off with a basket with a live dog in it but it was soon removed)
The local church (number 35 behind has the eventual winner)
And the desperate local cycling club with the wind tunnel tested carbon fibre chassis.
Anyway, on to the starting grid…
….and they’re off. Course starts with a long downhill down the high street…
…before a tight hair pin amongst the flower beds….
….then heads uphill, via a dog-leg to another hair pin (notice the car in the background having a one minute stop-go penalty for undertaking in the pit lane)
The peloton…
…and the leading pack. After 2 hours, and 60km of racing, the 35 car was declared the winner.
And another bit of German kit to get me home.
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