BASED
IN NORTHAMPTON ENGLAND, THE DEVIL'S REJECTS OFFICIALLY FORMED IN 2006
IN PREPARATION FOR THE 2007 BELCHFORD DOWNHILL CHALLENGE; BUT THEY
WERE ALREADY BUILDING ON MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE SOAPBOXING ARENA.
LEGEND HAS IT THAT SPEED KING KAY AND
KAISER HAD THEIR NAPPIES CHANGED SIDE
BY SIDE AT NURSERY, BUT THEIR PATHS DIDN'T CROSS AGAIN UNTIL THEIR
FORMATIVE TEENAGE YEARS. THEY'VE BEEN BUILDING STUFF TOGETHER, AND
MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, DESTROYING IT AGAIN, EVER SINCE.
STOCKER EARNED HIMSELF A REPUTATION AS
AN ESSENTIAL 'GO TO GUY' IN MANY FIELDS, AND SOON BECAME PART OF THE
TIGHT KNIT UNIT, RAPIDLY PROVING HIMSELF AS THE STAR DRIVER.
WHEN THEY WERE STILL NIPPERS, BROTHERS KAISER
AND REG FAMOUSLY CRASHED THEIR FIRST SOAPBOX
AND HAD SORE KNEES FOR DAYS, BUT THEY WERE HOOKED ON GRAVITY RACING.
NICK HAS BEEN ATTENDING PROJECT NIGHTS
SINCE THE START OF 2009, AND AFTER STOCKER
REALISED HE HAD AN AWKWARD DIARY CLASH, WAS PROMOTED
TO THIRD DRIVER (ALONG WITH SPEED KING KAY
AND KAISER) FOR THE 2009 BELCHFORD
DOWNHILL CHALLENGE.
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THE
TEAM MEET AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK FOR PROJECT NIGHT, WHERE THEY GET
DOWN TO THE ACTUAL NITTY GRITTY OF BUILDING GRAVITY POWERED BEHEMOTHS.
CHRIS, GINGE,
DAN AND PAUL
ARE ALL PROJECT NIGHT REGULARS. THEY'VE ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES AS
A VITAL SUPPORT CREW FOR THE TEAM, WHETHER ITS WITH FERRYING DELILAH
AROUND, ACQUIRING SNAZZY
NEW TEAM HELMETS, OR JUST STANDING AROUND IN SPEED
KING KAY'S CHOP SHOP, DRINKING CIDER AND DOING SMELLY GUFFS.
OUT OF THE SOAPBOXING RACING SEASON, EVERYONE KEEPS THEIR ENGINEERING
AND DESIGN SKILLS HONED THROUGH THE EVER SUCCESSFUL PIMP
MY BIKE FRANCHISE.
THE TEAM HAVE ALSO PUT ON AN EXHIBITION OF 'THE ART OF SOAPBOXING'
AT NORTHAMPTON'S PREMIERE ARTS CENTRE, THE FISHMARKET.
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