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2009

THE DEVIL'S REJECTS SOAPBOX TEAM

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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.

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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