Overview
Ladies and gentlemen, turn off your engines. One of the world’s most outlandish racing events is headed to the City of Sails. The 2015 Red Bull Trolley Grand Prix will see both amateur and professional teams piloting their own home-built, gravity-powered racers along a 650-metre long downhill racetrack/obstacle course in the Auckland Domain. And you're invited to cheer 'em on for free.
Scheduled to take place on Sunday, November 22, the race will see 50 of the country's strangest and most innovative vehicles battle it out for the chance to be crowned champion. Competitors will be judged on three separate criteria: originality, showmanship and performance. Ludicrousness appears to be a pretty big factor as well, with memorable competitors in previous races built to resemble teacups, corncobs and even the Golden Gate Bridge.
Red Bull has hosted more than 40 billy cart races since 2000, in locations ranging from England to South Africa to Helsinki.
Images: Red Bull.