Scrapheap Challenge: The Scrappy Races

Season 3

Four teams of brilliant bodgers have £1,500 and six weeks to build the ultimate scrappy racer.

They must be able to adapt their homemade banger to face any obstacle or challenge they may encounter and it has to be tough enough to survive a gruelling 1,000-mile journey across Britain.

They can spend the money on anything they want to build their base vehicles but the end result must be wild and wacky. It also must be able to drive on the open road. This means it must pass the mother of all MOTs, the SVA (Single Vehicle Approval) test.

All home-built vehicles must pass this test to prove they are safe for the road. Only once they pass the SVA test can the teams take part in the first challenge – a race round a vehicle-proving track.

Once the racers are street legal, and if they survive the proving ground, they will head out on the road to face four more of the most hair-raising challenges that man and Nature has to offer.

Before each challenge, they have eight hours at a real roadside scrapyard to modify their vehicle for the task. If they can't finish the machine in the allotted time, they can't take part in the race.

For each event, there are four points for the winners, three for the second-placed runner-up and so on. At the end of the championship, the points will be totted up and the team with the highest score will be declared the winners.

There is one caveat: they must cross the finish line of the last test or else they are out of the competition, no matter how many points they have.
Where to Watch Season 3
5 Episodes
  • Forest Frenzy
    E1
    Episode 1Forest FrenzyThe teams adapt their vehicles to drive miles of forest track, rescue a (stuffed) cat from up a tree and chop down a Scots pine.
  • Secrets in the Sand
    E2
    Episode 2Secrets in the SandThe teams visit the coast, where they must modify their motors to race across sand, recover a buried key and climb a Sahara-sized sand dune.
  • Scrappy Sheep Shooters
    E3
    Episode 3Scrappy Sheep ShootersThe teams must modify their rally racers to head across miles of moorland track, pick up a scrappy metal sheep and and launch it 15 metres through the air into a sheep pen.
  • Boulder Dash
    E4
    Episode 4Boulder DashThe teams have just two stages left to determine who will win the rally. They must convert their racers to push a large metal boulder along a track to the top of a hill.
  • Loch Down
    E5
    Episode 5Loch DownIn the final stage, the teams must convert their vehicles to rescue a whisky barrel from a loch and carry it through a forest and over a steep bank before heading to the finish line.
 
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