I have documented and uploaded many photographs on our official team page on Facebook, link is here... http://www.facebook.com/TheGoldRushSoapboxRace
The Team was gathered on the venue at 5pm on Saturday, 1st Dec. The Car we made was inspected,
Weight : 77.3 Kg [Limit 80 Kgs]
Ground Clearance : 8.2 Inches [Minimum should be 7 Inches]
Driver Safety : Seat Belt provided
dimensions: 6FeetLength by 4.2 Feet Wide by 4Feet height [within limits]
Brakes Provided : Yes
Streeing Provided : Yes
Our Team Cleared the INspection Round. Now we leave the car on the venue with a TRIG Security provided Bouncer [ ;) ] till we race next day. We were taken to a Pre-event briefing meet, where there was a lot of RedBull Flowing...
Next day, our team reaches the venue at 7.30AM, and adds some more finishing touches to the car. Family and friends join us for a close-up view, and lotsa photosessions... we even have our own team head crowns, made by Parul Thakkar Patankar, which are worn by all of our supporters.
Before the race begins, there is a lot of nautanki, like, a carnival with jugglers, tall-walkers, African acrobats, uni-cyclers, power-puff girls, followed by Imran Khan promo of a film with Gulabo the Cow Celebrity Soap Box taking off...
Then the promoters have their own soap boxes, History Channel had its own, Hindustan Times had its own soap box in shape of the Worli Sea Link...
The race track had three turns, one with a Curved Ramp, and a speed bumper each with some bonus points.
We were gonna be scored for
1. Creativity of the car
2. Presentation of a Skit pre-launch [20 sec]
3. Time it takes to finish the race
And yes, the above are scored only if one completes the race with 60% of the car intact, and within 3 minutes...
Last moment cancellations, and inspection failures finally have 56 Soap Boxes racing for the prize...
Our theme of a Gold Nuggets carrying Mine cart, was with all the team members dressed up like gold miners, we added some moustaches for additional effects...
we also had submitted a theme song, made by us, to the organisers, which was supposed to be played at the time we launch - however, our track was lost by them and we had to impromptu modify our skit performance to a different sound-track...
Our Car launched off at a high speed, cleared both the first turns without crashing into the side hay-stacks, and also took the third turn-ramp without any mishap, and crossed the speedbump, all within 1.35 minutes... We finished the race without any loss of body parts, took all the obstacles gracefully and ended with our driver with no injuries.
The Race video is available on Youtube here... http://youtu.be/qYKy9WmIiu4
We could not make it to the top 3 slots, and returned home without any prizes.
However, we are proud that we finished the race without any crash, in a very short time, without any injuries to the team.
We enjoyed the event, got a lot of curious spectators, countless photographs taken, were celebrities for some days...have proud families who enjoyed every moment [we were on the project for past 4 weeks]
For two of our team members, this was a first time on a project, and they learned quite about many aspects. The other two learned, to respect each other, and take on roles which help take the project further...
To all our friends, and supporters, we are glad we got your undying support.
To the Team of Veer Engineering, who helped us with all the assembly and chassis engineering, heres a huge THANKS to you...
To the team at Siddhakesh Printers, who helped us finish the outer Body Art, we appreciate the timely completion of the jobs.
Our special thanks go to Mr. Ali and Miss. Richa who compiled a nice interview with Jose Covaco and final airing on History Channel.
This event for us would have been in-complete without the support, advise and criticism of so many people.
For anyone who I have missed out mentioning, please comment and bring to my notice, i will be glad to accept my mistakes and give due credit...
on behalf of TEAM THE GOLD RUSH, Suresh Shenghani, Rushi Shenghani, Vinay Panchal & Paresh Thakkar, signing off, Paresh Thakkar -
Next day, our team reaches the venue at 7.30AM, and adds some more finishing touches to the car. Family and friends join us for a close-up view, and lotsa photosessions... we even have our own team head crowns, made by Parul Thakkar Patankar, which are worn by all of our supporters.
Before the race begins, there is a lot of nautanki, like, a carnival with jugglers, tall-walkers, African acrobats, uni-cyclers, power-puff girls, followed by Imran Khan promo of a film with Gulabo the Cow Celebrity Soap Box taking off...
Then the promoters have their own soap boxes, History Channel had its own, Hindustan Times had its own soap box in shape of the Worli Sea Link...
The race track had three turns, one with a Curved Ramp, and a speed bumper each with some bonus points.
We were gonna be scored for
1. Creativity of the car
2. Presentation of a Skit pre-launch [20 sec]
3. Time it takes to finish the race
And yes, the above are scored only if one completes the race with 60% of the car intact, and within 3 minutes...
Last moment cancellations, and inspection failures finally have 56 Soap Boxes racing for the prize...
Our theme of a Gold Nuggets carrying Mine cart, was with all the team members dressed up like gold miners, we added some moustaches for additional effects...
we also had submitted a theme song, made by us, to the organisers, which was supposed to be played at the time we launch - however, our track was lost by them and we had to impromptu modify our skit performance to a different sound-track...
Our Car launched off at a high speed, cleared both the first turns without crashing into the side hay-stacks, and also took the third turn-ramp without any mishap, and crossed the speedbump, all within 1.35 minutes... We finished the race without any loss of body parts, took all the obstacles gracefully and ended with our driver with no injuries.
The Race video is available on Youtube here... http://youtu.be/qYKy9WmIiu4
We could not make it to the top 3 slots, and returned home without any prizes.
However, we are proud that we finished the race without any crash, in a very short time, without any injuries to the team.
We enjoyed the event, got a lot of curious spectators, countless photographs taken, were celebrities for some days...have proud families who enjoyed every moment [we were on the project for past 4 weeks]
For two of our team members, this was a first time on a project, and they learned quite about many aspects. The other two learned, to respect each other, and take on roles which help take the project further...
To all our friends, and supporters, we are glad we got your undying support.
To the Team of Veer Engineering, who helped us with all the assembly and chassis engineering, heres a huge THANKS to you...
To the team at Siddhakesh Printers, who helped us finish the outer Body Art, we appreciate the timely completion of the jobs.
Our special thanks go to Mr. Ali and Miss. Richa who compiled a nice interview with Jose Covaco and final airing on History Channel.
This event for us would have been in-complete without the support, advise and criticism of so many people.
For anyone who I have missed out mentioning, please comment and bring to my notice, i will be glad to accept my mistakes and give due credit...
on behalf of TEAM THE GOLD RUSH, Suresh Shenghani, Rushi Shenghani, Vinay Panchal & Paresh Thakkar, signing off, Paresh Thakkar -
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