GRAVITY RACERS

A gravity racer is a motorless vehicle which is raced on a downhill road either against the clock or against another competitor.

They are propelled by gravity and can achieve speeds upwards of 112 m/h (70 miles per hour). It is very dangerous because with that speed, if you crash, you can get seriously injured.

There are many categories of gravity racers, some of them are: Bearing*racers, pneumatics* racers, gravity bikes…

*Bearing: rodamientos. *Pneumatics: neumatica. This sport or hobby is very popular in some parts of Spain like the Basque Country and Cantabria, and in Paraguay.

Gravity bikes

Pneumatics

Bearing Racers

A typical Gravity racer cart is usually made of wood* and has three-wheel bearings*.

*Egurra. *Tres ruedas de rodamientos.

Nowadays there is a group that organizes all the gravity racers in Euskal Herria; the name of the group is "Euskal Herriko Inertzia Kirolen Federazioa".

Here you can see some videos of the last racers:

Idiazabal.

Trapagaran.

Made by: Danel Charro, Edorta Legazpia and Jokin Salido.