The full team: Phil lines (left), Sam Handley (middle) and Angus Newman (right) with James Maloney in the driving seat and Kyle Morrison standing
Services, Machinery & Trikes clinch second place in Soapbox Derby!
Once again, SMT took part in Duxford village's Soapbox Derby held on Sunday, 2 September.
The team name this year was ‘Services, Machinery & Trikes’ and the aim was to 'go for gold' with a three-wheeled, lightweight stealth design. James Maloney piloted the soapbox with Kyle Morrison running the mile-and-a-quarter route, swapping places when needed.
The team was so serious about the competition this year that they'd been out running the route several times at 6am to practice! In training, they managed to run it in a time of around 9.5 minutes – with last year's record standing at 8 minutes. Phil Lines, Angus Newman and Sam Handley carried out the construction work and were feeling confident in the design of their vehicle. As well as being lightweight and low to the ground, there is
a standing platform, so when the trike built up speed or was going downhill, the runner could hop onto the platform and rest their legs while the trike coasted along. On race day, Services Machinery & Trikes took 12th position on the grid but with an explosive start from Kyle, they managed to increase their ranking to second place.
All through the course, James and Kyle swapped places, keeping up the momentum throughout the exhausting uphill battles, with Kyle pushing through in the final stretch to the finish line, giving the team second place with a time of 8.47 minutes!! A very well deserved congratulations and 'well done' to the whole team who've done us proud! ■
50 THE VOICE MAGAZINE No 34 2018
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