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SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 THE FRIDAY FLYER A-3 Team ‘Street Taco’ represents CL in Soapbox Race...
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Although they didn’t walk away with a win, they feel like winners. “We feel like winners because after touring Taco Bell’s headquarters they gave us all free tacos for a year,” said Scott.
This was not the team’s first Red Bull race. Sticking to their original theme of tacos, team Street Taco has gone from Down Hill Taco (Tacozilla) at Red Bull Schlittentag to Flying Taco at Red Bull Flugtag.
The first team consisted of Scott, An- thony and Terry O’Brien, a friend from Las Vegas. Their first race was in 2010 at the Red Bull Schlittentag Race, a down- hill snow sled race, at Alpine Meadows near Lake Tahoe.
The team designed and built their very first taco themed craft, dubbed Tacozilla, on a windsurf board. They donned Jack in the Box heads they found on Craigslist as they raced downhill in their craft. “Visibility was really tough in the Jack in the Box heads. It was like looking through a peephole in the door,” said Scott.
The teams were judged on showman- ship, creativity and speed. Even with the poor visibility and difficulty of keep- ing Tacozilla upright, they won second place, “The crowd went nuts and we were hooked,” said Scott.
The following year, Nate, who later joined the team, pulled Tacozilla behind his golf cart in the Canyon Lake Fiesta Day Parade.
In 2012, the team traveled to San Francisco to enter their second Red Bull race, the Flugtag. The Flugtag is a fly- ing race where homemade, human pow- ered flying crafts are launched off a pier. Crafts can be no longer than 33 feet and
weigh no more 475 pounds, including the pilot.
The Flugtag is one of Red Bull’s larg- est events, drawing crowds of 125,000 or more.
For the Flugtag, the team added Matt, Dave and Nate. They designed and built
a flying taco craft with a wingspan of 30 feet. “This craft was by far the hardest to build,” said Scott. They named the team Skyjackers and, once again, donned their Jack in the Box heads in the race.
Teams were judged on showmanship, creativity and distance. The Skyjackers
The Street Taco craft was built over a
ve week period in Matt's garage.
"I’m sure Matt’s neighbors got a kick out of the ve of us wearing our som- breros and ponchos while practicing our dance skit on his lawn. Plus we had a few late night build sessions, so thank you for the patience all of you Schooner Dr. neighbors,” said Scott.
managed to fly 47 feet and take third place.
“We are motivated by the feeling of camaraderie we experience at these events. Our ultimate goal is to make it onto the advertisement that gets put out for these events,” said Scott.
In the 2012 Flugtag Race, the team built a ying taco with wingspan of 30 feet. “This craft was by far the hardest to build,” said Scott. The team placed 3rd in the race.
In the Flugtag Race the team wore Jack in the Box heads they purchased off Craigslist.
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