Just in time for the Grand Prix and the height of the latest ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ season, Winter Pride’s dragged up soapbox car competition returned to St. Pete.

‘Drag Race’ star Jan Sport provided play-by-play commentary while her fellow Ru girl Plasma guest judged alongside Tampa Bay Arts Passport editor Avery Anderson, WFLA’s Farron Hipp and 2025 Best of the Bay winner Alice Marie Gripp.

For the competition, teams of five raced homemade cars one block and performed skits for the judges.

The โ€˜Queens from Uranusโ€™ snatched the crown, followed by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and the โ€˜Skittle Squad Weather Report.โ€™

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A vibrant outdoor shot of three drag performers. In the center foreground, a drag queen wearing a voluminous green wig, an iridescent blue and purple metallic dress, and reflective alien-eye sunglasses stands with arms wide open, shouting or singing to the crowd. Behind them, two backup performers in similar metallic outfits with purple and yellow wigs are partially visible. To the left stands a tall black-and-white checkered racing flag, and in the background is a starting-line archway with a banner reading 'DRAG RACE'.
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This article appears in Feb. 19 – 25, 2026.

Dave Decker is a songwriter and photographer living in Tampa Bay.

Selene San Felice is managing editor of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. Prior to joining CL in 2025, she started the Axios Tampa Bay newsletter and worked for her hometown paper, The Capital in Annapolis,...