Krazy karts are back – find out when you can watch the Wacky Races this summer
Krazy Races is about to return, bringing a day of madness to Shrewsbury’s Quarry and Wolverhampton city centre.
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Organisers promise the biggest event yet for this wild and wonderful soapbox race.
This year, the brilliantly decorated, hand-crafted carts will tackle a 200m downhill track in Shrewsbury, complete with chicanes, obstacles, a new tunnel and a steeper hill. They'd best slow down before they end up in the River Severn!
Prizes are awarded for best dressed team, best designed and fastest soapbox carts in an ‘It's a Knockout' style competition and only the fastest 10 cars make it to the final.
In a nice touch, there’s also a ‘splash zone alley’ where people can donate to charity for the privilege of dousing the teams as they come past.
It all started in Shrewsbury in 2019, when local events organiser Sarah Belcher had the idea of encouraging local businesses, community groups and individuals to build and race their own carts on a course downhill in The Quarry.
The first Krazy Races event was an immediate hit, raising over £20,000 for local charities, and picking up the ‘Best New event in the UK’ Noea award, but was forced to take a break during the pandemic. In 2022, it attracted around 50,000 spectators over three events in Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton and Northwich, with a further five events in 2023 - and it continues to grow!
This year, Sarah has six Krazy Races planned, in Shrewsbury on May 26 and also in Wolverhampton's Queen Square on September 1. Other events are in Warrington, Crewe, Stockport and Lincoln. She has also been working with a road safety company to bring the event to Africa, which, she says, would be "very exciting".
