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By Laman Ismayilova

Red Bull Soapbox Race Baku 2016 is rescheduled for October 9 , Trend Life reported.

The decision was taken due to large-scale events planned for September in Baku.

The organizers look forward to all participants, spectators and media representatives at the world’s favorite festival of crashes and creativity.

The Red Bull Soapbox Race is an international event that started back in the year 2000, in Brussels. Since then, more than a hundred Red Bull Soapbox Races have been organized globally.

The contest rules are pretty simple! Racers are welcomed to build their own soapbox and compete against gravity. Each of these hand-made machines lack engine on them.

Drivers go to the top of a hill, gravity does its thing, and reach the bottom of the hill and people cheer. Or, as is quite often the case; gravity does its thing, you see a spectacular crash and people cheer anyway. All the rest is just bells and whistles.

The Red Bull Soapbox races are held on a variety of different city courses around the world. The teams are all local amateur entrants and the vehicles are powered by nothing more than gravity, leg muscles and perhaps a drop of Red Bull.

Along with speed, your team will also be judged on creativity and showmanship.

More than 60 teams will try to get across the finish line as quickly as possible.

The first prize winner will join Red Bull Air Race in Abu Dhabi. The second place winner will visit "Hangar 7 ", the Museum of Red Bull in Austria.

For driver who finish third, the event organizers prepare cool party!

The venue remains unchanged: Hasanoglu Ave, near Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre.

Entrance is free.

For more information, please visit Facebook page and the official site www.redbullsoapboxrace.az

Media partner of the event is Trend.az

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Laman Ismayilova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @Lam_Ismayilova

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