Man killed during illegal soapbox race

Sean says: "I saw you guys covered the San Fernando Valley illegal Soapbox Federation recently and this just happened today. Sad, but based on watching videos on their site of some of their past events, it seems inevitable." Link

[#1 posted by Wickedashtray, March 10, 2008 12:31 PM]

welp, thats the end of that hobby.

too bad as I really enjoyed the magazine article you guys linked to. Seemed like a really cool pastime.

[#2 posted by EdT., March 10, 2008 1:34 PM]

Link to more info (the club's forum) here.

[#3 posted by shecky, March 10, 2008 3:26 PM]

Pity. The video reminded me a Speed Racer cartoon, where massive destruction and even were par for the course in some of the races.