Ukraine: Soap box car racers rev up for Kiev contest

Creative car enthusiasts line up in the Ukrainian capital for a humdinger on home-made soap box carts
  
  


Soap Box Cart Rally: Soap Box Cart Rally in Kiev
A Soviet-era lunokhod (moonwalker) lunar rover Photograph: Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA
Soap Box Cart Rally: Soap Box Cart Rally in Kiev
Hot Jam. No, I've no idea either Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images
Soap Box Cart Rally: Soap Box Cart Rally in Kiev
Like a giant stiletto. Louboutins, probably Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images
Soap Box Cart Rally: Soap Box Cart Rally in Kiev
Royal-family themed, this one, apparently Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images
Soap Box Cart Rally: Soap Box Cart Rally in Kiev
The 'Green Apple' Photograph: Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA
Soap Box Cart Rally: Soap Box Cart Rally in Kiev
The 'Crazy Squirrel', with brown corduroy fur Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images
Soap Box Cart Rally: Soap Box Cart Rally in Kiev
The one they call 'Kharkiv's Pepper'. The mind boggles Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images
Soap Box Cart Rally: Soap Box Cart Rally in Kiev
The 'Hellish Railway'. Insert your own Network Rail gag here Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images
Soap Box Cart Rally: Soap Box Cart Rally in Kiev
They call this one the 'Crazy Alice' Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images
Soap Box Cart Rally: Soap Box Cart Rally in Kiev
This is apparently a self-made alcohol distillation boiler. Forty percent proof, naturally Photograph: Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA
Soap Box Cart Rally: Soap Box Cart Rally in Kiev
A Volkswagen VW Bully bus (in miniature) Photograph: Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA
Soap Box Cart Rally: Soap Box Cart Rally in Kieviev
Not strictly a soap box car, I know, but the costume more than makes up for it Photograph: Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA
 

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