A couple of years ago I went to Fort Mason to see the final day of Robot Wars. It was all fenced off behind thick Plexiglas and everything was geared towards a TV audience. What a disappointment, but Junkyard power tool drag racing looks like people have literally skin in the game. Additional bonus points for being only a little bike ride away from where I live.
Junkyard power tool drag racing in SF, this Sunday May 11.
Blown Big-Block Belt Sanders, Nitro Burning Funny-Saws, and Wheel Standin’ Weed Whackers are among the many hacked-together contestants in this Sunday’s junkyard wars. At high noon, Chopped Chainsaws and Supercharged Speed Wrenches will go head-to-head down 75 feet of two-lane dragstrip at Ace Junkyard.
Competitors race for cash and other “mystery prizes” for categories including Most spectacular crash, Most impressive engineering, Most pathetic engineering, Most dangerous machine, and Machine most likely to get its maker laid.
Sunday, May 11th, 12:00 noon, Ace Junkyard, 2255 McKinnon Street, San Francisco. Admission: $10, but $1.00 off at the door (or $2 off pre-registration) if you tell ’em Xeni at BoingBoing sent you. Link, Discuss (thanks, David)
[Boing Boing Blog]