(UPDATING) 2016 Kinetic Awards Winners

Never in the history of Kinetic racing (probably) has there ever been a “three-peat” champion but then again there has never been a team like Tempus Fugitive. The team pulled off their third win in a row with this year’s sculpture Tempus Fugitorium and retained kinetics’ heaviest trophy to the delight of their peers. Glory, glory, hallelujah. 

Below is your komplete list of 2016 award winners:

2016 Kinetic Grand Champions

• Tempus Fugitorium

Best Engineering

• 1st: Trilobike
• 2nd: ¡Luchadores Piñas!
• 3rd: Atomic Funguys

Best Art

• 1st: Planet Nine
• 2nd: Organ Trail: No Guts, No Glory
• 3rd: Kinetic Kootie

Best Speed 

• 1st: Chain Mail
• 2nd: P-Awesome
• 3rd: Trilobike

Best Pageantry 

• 1st: Atomic Funguys
• 2nd: Team Goddess Kinetic Dragonfly
• 3rd: NSA

2016 ACE Award Professors 

• Tempus Fugitorium
• ¡Luchadores Piñas!
• Melvin
• Atomic Funguys
• Trilobike
• Dragonass
• P-Awesome
• Chain Mail
• Bikin’ Fools
• Catch Up
• Bounce For Glory
• Tea Party
• Team Jeep: Golden Flipper

Mediocre Award (For Team That Finishes in the Middle of the Pack)

• Planet Nine (wins a scooter!)

Best Junior Award

• The Humdinger

Best Pit Crew

• IIPA NEMA

Most Paranormal

• Planet Nine

Most Revealed

• Organ Trail: No Guts, No Glory

Most Mythological 

• Dragonass

Best Campsite

• Tea Party

Best Bribe

• Tempus Fugitorium

6:32 Award

• Organ Trail: No Guts, No Glory

Volunteer’s Volunteer

• John Mantle 

Best Volunteer

• Mohat

Lifetime Achievement

• Ginger  

Goddess Jen-O Award

• You’re a Meme One, Mr. Grinch

Port Townsend Award

• Tea Party

Biggest Splash Award

• Team Jeep: Golden Flipper

The Golden Dinosaur Award

• Mad to the Max

The Golden Flipper Award (Water)

• Team Jeep: Golden Flipper 

The Golden Flipper Award (Sand)

• Team Jeep: Golden Flipper 

Most Improved Award

• Kinetic Chicken and Waffles

The Spirit of the Glorious Founder Award

• Kinetic Kootie

The Never Give Up, Poor, Poor Pitiful Me Award

• Bikin’ Fools

One for the Little Guy

• Ominionated

Racers’ Choice Award

• Planet Nine

Second to Last Award

• Eureka High School Loggers Rust Bucket

Spectators’ Favorite

• Atomic Funguys

Teddy Bear Award

• Team Goddess: Kinetic Dragonfly

They Came From Out of Town

• Dragonass

You Clever Rascal (Best Engineering for a Non-ACE Machine)

• Timey-Wimey

Funguy, ACEr

He wanted it so bad. After years of glorious failure, Kinetic Susan Lucci and captain of Atomic Funguys finally secured his ACE Award. LoCO caught up with our man, of course, in The Palace.

The Palace is Going Off

Don’t be fooled. Glory is good but beer is great, and The Palace bar in Ferndale is about a half block past the finish line.

At this point most of the sculptures have crossed the finish line — the stragglers, sadly, have been eliminated from ACE considerations. But they will still be allowed beer.

Here, the Kinetic Brass Band slogs through a rendition of “The Joker.” Because why not?

Ferndale Foto Finishes

Ferndale Foto Finishes