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Soapbox car with driver wearing a helmet

Gower College Swansea’s Engineering Team Wins Best Design at Krazy Races

Swansea city centre was buzzing with excitement as Krazy Races took over the streets. Swansea’s first soapbox Derby, and saw participants in outrageous fancy dress and whizzing around the city streets in homemade soapbox carts.

Engineering student Joshua Parsons, the team captain, provided valuable insight into the team’s dedicated endeavours in building their soapbox kart and their overarching vision for the event: "Within the last two months, we collectively as a team have managed to produce a soapbox kart that we believe will be highly competitive and very entertaining for the crowd."

The team’s performance on the day was outstanding, coming 7th in the race overall and winning Best Krazy Designed Kart.