Power Tool Drag Races Build Day

Power Tool Drag Races

Thinking of competing or volunteering for the Power Tool Drag Races on May 7th? Then come on down to the Power Tool Drag Races Build Day this Saturday, April 29th and work on your winning entry or help build the race track. Builders will be meeting starting at 12 noon at The Box Shop in San Francisco.

Here’s the announcement that Simone sent out:

Power Tool Build Day!!11!!1!!!
Saturday April 29th
Noon until we’re done
Free!!!!

Got your Death Defying Belt Sander burning a hole in your garage?
Have a need for speed and nowhere to quench it?

Come on down to the Box Shop for a
POWER TOOL DRAG RACING BUILD DAY!

Yes kots and koshkas, it’s a whole day for your to burn out your blender motors, abuse your oxyacetylene, and learn the trade that has kept several people we know from sleeping under overpasses.

Yes folks, you too can

LEARN HOW TO PERFECT YOUR POWERTOOL DRAG RACER!

This SATURDAY AT THE BOX SHOP join the greatest minds in power tool thinking as they get together at The Box Shop to discuss power tool designs, build the Power Tool Drag Racing Track, and kill several thousand brain cells with all your favorite formaldehyde-laced brands of cheap beer.

Bring your racer!

Drink Beer!

READ THE RULES FOR ENTERING

Help build the track!

Drink Beer!

Test the durn thing out!

REGISTER FOR THE RACES

People who have registered but not paid can slip their entry fee into Charlie’s G-String on Saturday! Whee!

Drink beer!

Eat tasty charred food items!

It all starts around let’s say noonish on Saturday.

Bring stuff for the grill and offering for The Beer Gods, we’ll have the tools, the track makings, and all the power you can shake a three-headed fish at.

Questions? Call Charlie 415 359 5084

Venue:

The Box Shop
950 Hudson Street
San Francisco
415 642 SHOP

The Box Shop lies in the picturesque waterfront in Hunter’s Point, next to the PGE Station and India Basin playground. Watch the beautiful radioactive sunset as various carcingogens animate the air around you. Bring work gloves and sturdy shoes and make sure the kids all have their shots. Here’s a map.

UPDATE: Here are some photos.

Scott Beale
Scott Beale

Scott Beale founded Laughing Squid in 1995 in San Francisco and is currently based in New York City. When not running the blog, Scott can be found posting on Bluesky and sharing photos on Instagram.