Project K Update

The NMS team held a brief press conference today, and formally announced their latest effort, Project K. No, it's nothing like Special K the cereal, or vitamin K, or the mineral Potassium (atomic symbol K) either. 

Director of NMS Future Projects Brian Nixon stated that the K in Project K stands for Kart, as in a Go-Kart. He went on to explain that the Bunch of Idiots (BOI) Racing Team has been accepted to compete in the Red Bull Non-Stock 600 kart race! Under further questioning, we learned that this is a real event sponsored by Red Bull Energy Drink, and that they engage with their customers around the world with all kinds of competitive events that range from building flying machines, to soap box derby, breaking, mountain biking, to you name it. Here's the link to the event: 

    Red Bull Non-Stock 600

This event will be held on November 9th, 2024, at The Music Factory in Charlotte, where the 20 teams selected to build karts will race in qualifying heats, and then the final race lasting 600 seconds around a gravel oval. All the teams will have the exact same engine and chassis. Nixon filled us in with the rest of the details: 

        "Each team receives identical fiberglass kart shells, and then can modify, decorate, paint, or design them in a creative theme in an effort to have the most inspiring or funny themed machine. Once the five weeks building phase is complete, each team brings their shell to Charlotte to attach it to the chassis, and then each team's entry is judged along with performing a short skit before the real racing begins."

According to Red Bull, the winning team of four members will win a trip to the 2026 Formula 1 race in Miami Florida. 

At this point the Bunch of Idiots team had to depart, promising to keep us updated on their progress with the actual build, and that they would give us the full details on the theme of this crazy project.