Red Bull to bring a high flying soap derby on the sites of Capitol in Utah – ksl.com

Salt Lake City – Utah leaders are used to being on their soap box in the state of Capitol, but are eager to see the soap boxes that roll on the Capitol hill later this year.

Red Bull has announced on Wednesday that this year will lead a series of racing soaps in three US cities, including an event on the Salt Lake City Capitol playgrounds on June 14th. For the first time, the event will be held in Utah as it was so created 25 years ago.

The Austrian energy drink company made its great announcement by sending two jumps, which slid to the Capitol Morava to deliver racing helmets with an event on them to Utah Governor Spencer Cox and other civil servants.

Event organizers estimate that the June soap box race will attract about 20,000 viewers in the city center.

“Utah is the state of sports, but we are also the state of extreme sport,” Cox said, standing up to two vehicles for the soapanese derby parked to the steps of Capitol. “We can’t wait to see him; we have no patience – again – we welcome the world in Utah.”

Soap box competitions dates from the 1930s, when the first Derby Soap Box event took place in Ohio. As noted by the international soap derby, a reporter named Maron Scott saw children compete on hills in home car, which triggered the idea of ​​what became the organization. He held his first event in 1934.

Red Bull, who is known for adding fictions to events, brought it to the next level, beginning in 2000 that his accent shows that people go down into strange vehicles, taking jumps and bank turns depending on How the course is set.

Company employees have opened applications this week so that people can compete down a course that will take drivers down the main street north of Temple Square. He will also have a jump near McKun’s estate.

Competitors are asked to upload a design for a creative soap car.

“What we are looking for is the outrageous, the ridiculous and the ostentatious,” the company wrote on its website. “The soap should be a continuation of your team. It’s wild. It’s crazy. It can be all they want. It’s just can’t be ordinary.”

Although it must be unique, there are some other basic rules. Vehicles should not exceed 12 feet of length or 6 feet with width or 176 pounds. They should also be at least 7 inches from the ground and are not higher than 7 feet in height.

Winning designs receive a participation kit and tools for building their funky design to compete on the hill. Competitors have until March 30 to apply online before they are selected up to 40 teams. The first three winners will receive “Exclusive Red Bull experiences,” said Mike Bruer, a member of the Red Bull Air Force.

State leaders believe the event adds to the growing sports portfolio in Utah, including the Winter Olympics, two sports franchises “Big Four” and other events raised by Red Bull. Red Bull Rampage is probably the most famous of them as it is charged as “Premier Big-Mountain Free Ride Event” held at Red Rocks in Washington County every year.

Not only does his events attract people to Utah, but also Utah House House Mike Schultz says they often show what he can offer.

“These events show the breathtaking beauty of Utah and more importantly – our amazing people,” he said. “We are so excited about this.”

Red Bull also holds similar events in De Moj, Iowa and Los Angeles this year.