‘The crowd are there for the crashes’: how a play performed on a racetrack became a smash with banger racers

The Kneebone Cadillac is about a sport in which community is fostered yet collisions are encouraged. Actors, audiences and drivers explain the rush Lexi Crosbie was five days old when she went to her first ever banger race. “I grew up around the track,” the 14-year-old says. At nine, her racer dad gave her a chance at the Micro F2s, the junior league, and Crosbie has been racing ever since. “You’re so filled with adrenaline,” she says of the motorsport. “It’s the best feeling ever.” This month, Crosbie went to her local Cornish track, United Downs Raceway (also known as St Day), for a differen

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