This year's event was held on Sunday 22 September 2019.
This popular event is sponsored by Searles Leisure Resort.
About the event
Hand-built karts race down Hunstanton’s hilly streets, thrilling the crowds in attendance. This year, we had a new and faster course! You can view the course on our course map.
There are four categories you can enter, by driver age:
- 10-12 years (£10.50)
- 13-15 years (£12.50)
- adults 16+ (£15.50)
- over 65s (£12.50)
There are prizes for teams finishing first, second and third in each category. There is also be 'Concours d'elegance' awards.
Results
48 teams took part, and the winners were:
Adults
1st: Hunstanton Round Table
2nd: The Green Machine
3rd: Apollo 11 A
Concours d’elegance Winner: Dad’s Army
Under 13s
1st: Team Parrin
2nd: Elevation Youth Club
3rd: Totally Toy Story 1
Concours d’elegance: Tigers
Under 16s
1st: King’s Lynn Police Cadets
2nd: Team Bintley B
3rd: Whomsley’s Wonderbug
Concours d’elegance: King’s Lynn Police Cadets
Veterans
1st: Apollo 11 B
Concours d’elegance: Apollo 11 B
Champion Team
Hunstanton District round table
Event history
The first Soap Box Derby took place in 1953. You can find out more in the Town & Around's article on their website.