(Scroll past UPDATES for PHOTOS/VIDEOS of ALL this year’s sculptures)
Photos by Andrew Goff
UPDATES
-2017 General Race Updates- | Monday, 7 p.m.
2017 Kinetic Awards Winners
Was fossil fuel the secret?
In front of a kapacity krowd inside Ferndale’s Belotti Hall, Trilobike Test Kitchen was named the 2017 Kinetic Grand Champion, the most coveted of a slew of awards handed out to the kourageous racers who’d spent the last three days traversing 42 miles of pavement, sand and water during the Kinetic Grand Championship.
Steve McHaney, the kreative force behind Trilobike Test Kitchen, has been kompeting in the race for four years now, winning the first place engineering award in the last two years. He was joined on his kraft this year by his twin sons Carson and Weston.
Kongrats, McHaney klan, and to the rest of this year’s racers. Scroll around below for list of the rest of this year’s award winner. Glory achieved.
2017 Kinetic Grand Champions
Best Engineering
- 1st: A Cockwork Orange
- 2nd: Project X
- 3rd: Melvin
Best Art
- 1st: Planet X
- 2nd: Kinetic Kootie
- 3rd: A Cockwork Orange
Best Speed
- 1st: Evel Kinetics
- 2nd: Flying Spaghetti Monster
- 3rd: Fired Up!
Best Pageantry
- 1st: A Cockwork Orange
- 2nd: Tempus Fugitorium
- 3rd: Summer of Love: 50th Anniversary
2017 ACE Award Professors
- Melvin (28th ACE Award!)
- Flying Sauna
- A Cockwork Orange
- Evel Kinetics
- Sparky the Foster Dog
- Trilobike Test Kitchen
- Flying Spaghetti Monster
- Project X
- Bikin’ Fool
- Fired Up!
Mediocre Award-winner, June Moxon, sits on her mobile trophy
Mediocre Award (For Team That Finishes in the Middle of the Pack)
Best Junior Award
Best Pit Crew
Best Campsite
Best Bribe
6:32 Award
Lifetime Achievement Award
- Bill Beers
Ground Pounder’s Ground Pounder
- Frank!
Best Volunteer
- John Mantle
Goddess Jen-O Award
Port Townsend Award
Biggest Splash Award
The Golden Dinosaur Award
The Golden Flipper Award (Water)
The Golden Flipper Award (Sand)
Most Improved Award
The Spirit of the Glorious Founder Award
The Never Give Up, Poor, Poor Pitiful Me Award
One for the Little Guy
Racers’ Choice Award
Second to Last Award
Spectators’ Favorite
Teddy Bear Award
They Came From Out of Town
You Clever Rascal (Best Engineering for a Non-ACE Machine)
-2017 General Race Updates- | Monday, 4:47 p.m.
The Race Winds to a Close, Awards to be Announced Soon
Most of the sculptures have cross the finish line on Main Street in Ferndale, and as of 4:37 p.m., the course is officially closed for machines that are hoping to ace.
Now we await the 6 p.m. awards banquet at the Portuguese hall where the racers will find out just how much glory they’ve secured in the kinetic history books. We will post the awards as they are announced later tonight.
2017 A Cockwork Orange | Monday, 3 p.m.
Ferndale Foto Finishes
2017 Sparky the Foster Dog | Monday, 3 p.m.
Ferndale Foto Finishes
2017 Trilobike Test Kitchen | Monday, 3 p.m.
Ferndale Foto Finishes
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