Pageant Before & Awards After
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Friday night before the race the Kinetic Thrills Pageant where teams assembled in costume for stage performances. Here
was Team Terrapin’s Let My Inspiration Flow.
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Team Tempus Fugitives’ Glory Diver had awesome helmets at the pageant, but they didn’t wear them in the race.
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The pageant also includes official team photos, including Team Goddess Star Power.
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On Monday afternoon, trophies were assembled at the awards ceremony in Ferndale. The Grand Mediocre award was a giant copper trophy. First place Art, Speed, and Engineering were cast glass with
embossed kinetic chickens.
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These were the Biggest Splash, Golden Flipper, and Best Pit Crew trophies.
Unfortunately, Tom and Johanna had to leave for a 6-hour drive to the airport and couldn’t stay for the ceremony.
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For the record, the following teams won ACE:
- Ferntucky 500
- Trilobike Diner
- Flying Spaghetti Monster
- Melvin
- Solid Gold Pineapple Wrecking Crew
- Super Moi: Louise
- Happy Campers
- Team Goddess: Star Power
- Bounce for Glory: Golden Edition
- Monster Zinc
- Tempus Fugitives: Glory Diver
- Lion Kings
- Black Tie Affair
- Ominionated II
- Norman the Half-Fast Unicorn
- Flying Innuendo
- This Goes Gold
Want to See the 50th Anniversary Humboldt Race?
The Kinetic Grand Championship is held Saturday–Monday every Memorial Day weekend. The 2019 race starts noon Friday May 25 in Eureka, California and finishes Monday May 27 in Ferndale. |
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