Only 282 days until the next race on May 7, 2011! Get working on your entry now!

Wall Street Journal

Read about our race on the front page of the May 19 Wall Street Journal!

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What’s this all about?

Kinetic Sculptures are amphibious, human powered works of art custom built for the race. Each May, the American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) hosts the East Coast Kinetic Sculpture Race Championship on the shore of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor in central Maryland.  The eight-hour race covers 15 miles—mostly on pavement, but also including a trip into the Chesapeake Bay and through mud and sand.

Kinetic Sculpture Racing traces its roots to Ferndale, California in 1969 when artist Hobart Brown upgraded his son’s tricycle into a 5-wheeled pentacycle that was part of a race down Main Street. (Hobart did not win.) Over the decades since, the California race evolved into a 3-day all-terrain Kinetic Grand Championship including treacherous sand dunes, water crossings, and elaborate sculptures and costumes. You can learn more on Wikipedia.

For more about the Baltimore race, browse the race photo results in the left menu.

How can I see these Kinetic Sculptures?

You can go to a Kinetic Sculpture Race on the day(s) they run, or a Kinetic Sculpture Museum any time it’s open. The two museums are the Kinetic Sculpture Museum in Ferndale, California, and the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. AVAM displays their sculptures and the winner of the Art award in their mueum year-round.