São Paulo (EFE).- The city of São Paulo, Brazil, enjoyed this Sunday a picturesque race of handmade cars without brakes that competed to be the fastest down the hill, dressed as Harry Potter, Batman and other pop culture icons .
The chosen circuit was Avenida Brigadeiro Luis Antônio, which changed day-to-day traffic for a timed test in which the drivers had to avoid bales of straw, descend stairs and go through a foam bath to reach the finish line.
Dozens of people accompanied this show that has returned to the largest city in Brazil, five years later and this year it is planned to also be held in Bulgaria, Canada, the United States, England and India.
39 teams on the streets of São Paulo
According to the organizers, 39 teams participated in the Brazilian event, three of them made up entirely of women, who adapted their clothing and their carts with a pop culture character, an essential requirement to be able to compete.
Because it was not only important to beat the stopwatch, you also had to make a presentation on the exit ramp for a jury, which valued, for example, seeing Batman propose to Robin, a Harry Potter and Voldemort dance, and a fight between the two. Knights of the Zodiac.
The winners were the ones who lost
For the public, the real winners were the carts that lost half of the pieces during the race or those that broke down along the way, as happened to Harry Potter, who ended up crashing into the straw barriers after breaking the suspension.
Others miscalculated the aerodynamics and ended up pushing the car to the finish line to the delirium of those in attendance.
