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Pedal Car Grand Prix

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Jul 21 2007

Held in the main streets of New Milton, the Grand Prix is run on a biennial basis, alternating with Ringwood. It’s a fun event, taking place as an integral part of the town show, but the race is taken quite seriously as these pedal cars have to sustain two hours of racing, testing man and machine to the full! About 40 cars entered so competition was tough.
There’s a chicane, pit stops, cheering crowds, a chequer flag, champagne and all you would expect at a grand prix, including a few crashes and mechanical failures, but not enough to slow the teams down with over 60 laps completed in 2 hours by the top cars. Well done to the 2007 winner ‘Gone Biking Mad!’

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The vast majority of posts in this blog are about quirky & eccentric competitions & festivals. I started it in 2006 in France with a competition I’ll never forget. Where contestants battle it out to become the World Champion Pig Squeeler, or ‘Cri du Cochon’. I had little knowledge back then of quite how far my pursuit of these kind of events would lead me. I’ve travelled all over Britain (and occasionally further afield) to capture our curiosities and quirks. There’s nothing uniquely eccentric about the British, you’ll find people all over the world up to all sorts of weird and wonderful activities, but we do have a remarkable capacity to embrace the madness. ‘A Brit Different’ is the book that was born from it, my labour of love! So what next? There’s always something interesting going on, so watch this space, only time will tell!

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