Swamp or marsh buggies are taking a huge turn towards becoming a popular form of racing. A swamp buggy is a vehicle with very large and very thin wheels that mount to a tubular frame, very much like you find on a monster truck like the Grave Digger. They are extremely powerful but extremely light. The goal of the vehicle is to beat the opponent on a course with many tight turns while quite literally driving on the surface of the water!
To put these mean 900 horsepower machines to the ultimate test, the Red Bull YouTube channel has released a video of Red Bull F1 drivers, Max Verstappen and Yuki Tsunoda.
Home Of The Buggies
Our host, Parks Bonifay, is a professional wakeboarder from Florida. He joins us in Naples, Florida to find out if these F1 drivers have what it takes to win the Ultimate Red Bull Swamp Buggy Championship or URBSBC. Of course, no race is complete without opponents, so in the challengers' corner we have Supercross champion, Jett Lawrence, and skateboarding legend Zion Wright. Interesting match-up.
Semi-Finals
We start off in the semi-finals since we only have four competitors. Our first race pits Max against Zion. The race starts off with a slight left heading into a straightaway which then turns into a medium right turn until they are in line with the starting/finishing line, and they can smash the pedal all the way across the line.
Zion takes the lead off the line, while Max almost seems to struggle with the buggy. However, at the first turn, he passes Zion on the inside while completely drenching him in the process. Zion gets eliminated from the race, all while being totally soaked.
Our second race semi-finalists Jett and Yuki prepare their buggies and when the whistle blows Yuki takes off like a missile leaving Jett behind. We find out once Yuki has crossed the line that Jett has broken his buggy, and it wasn't able to take off. An easy win for Yuki.
Finals Of The Swamp Buggy Championship
The two F1 drivers remain in what may be the most important race of their lives, according to our host Parks. Max jokingly shows his hands shaking from the stress while agreeing with Parks. Yuki, unfazed, just confidently brushes his hair to the side while saying he just doesn't want to take off doing a wheelie. Parks assures him that he is automatically a winner in his book if he does a wheelie.
The race begins, and the two set off the line simultaneously, with Yuki taking a slight lead. The gap between the two keeps growing and growing as Max seems to struggle with his buggy. Yuki finishes again in first, leaving him as the undeniable champion of the URBSBC with a huge blue and gold trophy to prove it. Congratulations Yuki!
