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Saturday 4 May 2019
A cool spring mist blanketed Baltimore, as forecast heavy rain morphed into mostly cloudy race-day skies. Artist-engineer geniuses and others converged on the American Visionary Art Museum for the 21st annual Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race. The theme: Wheel-ality TV yielded thematic collisions, including 3 teams based on sharks, of which 2 reimagined “Shark Tank” as a shark and a military tank.
Our 6 all-terrain photographers followed the race from start to finish, taking 7,058 photos. The best 258 are in this report. Thanks to technology improvements, we also provide 44% more pixels than last year.
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Grand Champion: Pandora’s Hell Bent Kitchen
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Race veteran team Soda Quackers came back with Pandora’s Hell Bent Kitchen. Fully embracing the 2019 Kinetic Sculpture Race theme “Wheel-ality TV” it features a Devil Chef with roving eyes and giant dragon Pandora making a Devil’s cake in Maryland’s largest mixing bowl. For this ludicrous display, they won both the 2019 Grand Mediocre Championship and Pilots’ Choice awards.
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After a giant splash entering the water, Pandora was stably floated by large rectangular pontoons, on which propulsion was provided by pilots’ paddling.
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Crew scrambled to lay ropes to supplement 4 pilots through the sand in Patterson Park. Pit crew are allowed to assist teams with propulsion unless their sculpture is entered at the stricter ACE level.
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Several pit crew helped push Pandora through the mud, which had appropriate viscosity: challenging but not impossible.
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After the mud crossing, Wash World volunteers eradicated the filth.
Look closely in the upper left to see the gears to turn the giant mixer blades.
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This is the sixth entry from the Soda Quackers of New Jersey and Pennsylvania:
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The 15-mile race starts and ends at the American Visionary Art museum; in between it snakes around the Inner Harbor.
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Pandora’s youngest team member broke the finish line tape in a flaming stroller.
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Concluding the awards ceremony, the Grand Championship Trophy held aloft.
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