COULD A KIDS’ TOY BECOME A REAL RACING SPORT? | A fresh glance at Bobby Car racing as it stood in 2003—and how it shaped an unlikely motorsport. We revisit Osnabrück, Germany, in 2003, when an intense summer brought global attention to one of motorsport’s most unexpected competitions: Bobby Car racing. What began decades earlier as a simple red plastic ride-on for toddlers had, by the early 2000s, evolved into a fully organised European championship drawing competitors from across the continent.