ONE of the teams taking part in this weekendโs Krazy Races is likely to prove popular with beer and live music fans.
Northwich will become a racetrack on Sunday (June 26) and the Salty Dog will be among the soapbox cars lining up to speed down Verdin Hill.
Jeff Ashbrook, a regular in the bar, has put the car together for next to nothing after being given a license to take as much scrap as he wanted from W R Roberts in Wincham.
โAll in all, everything has cost around a tenner,โ said Jeff.
โThe car is basically just going to be jet black and will pay homage to the Salty Dogโs toilets by being covered in flyers.
โIโve been wanting to take part in one of these races for ages; ever since I saw the event when it first took place in London.
โI couldnโt miss out on it in my hometown and when I mentioned about entering a car on behalf of the pub, Chris Mundie (Salty Dog owner) said go for it.โ
Thousands of spectators are expected to watch the carts as they race down the track, with teams fighting it out to be the quickest.
โI was actually donated two carts from Greenbank School before the pandemic.
โThey had been made by students who left in 2019.
โThey had been supported in designing them by Matt Stevenson, who sadly passed away five years ago.
โEverything else has been made from scrap and even parts of my old back fence or anything else I could get for free really.โ
The cart has been put together with the help of engineer Sean Eaton, who was the original manager at The Salty Dog when it opened.
โSeanโs also the co-driver,โ added Jeff.
โHeโll be in the back on the brakes, then we have three others in the team who have to do a dance routine before giving us a push down the track.
โItโs going to be a lot of fun and in our case, weโre raising funds for St Lukeโs Hospice.
โWe chose that charity in memory of Bryan Spink, a much-loved Salty Dog regular who sadly passed away earlier this year.โ
