Here are the amazing awards that have been given out since the beginning of Kinetic Racing in Baltimore. Read about 2004 and later awards in their galleries.
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Golden Dinosaur
Awarded to either the first Sculpture to break down or to
the most memorable breakdown. This award was created by Dr. Laurence Peter, who wrote The Peter Principle. |
Bartmobile |
Sting Ray |
Bearded Nurses |
Scorpion (Bart) |
Kinetic Airways |
Worst Honorable Mention
Lowest Award known to Humankind. This is given to the Sculpture
whose half-baked theoretical “engineering” did not deter its Pilot(s) from the
challenge of the race. |
Dumpster Divers |
Dumpster Divers |
Golden Ram |
Scorpion (Bart) |
Visionary Virtual Vehicle |
Next To Last
Awarded to the Sculpture and Pilot finishing, well, next to
last. That way the end of the race can get pretty exciting. |
Ruby |
Not Likely to Fly |
Kinetic Airways |
Rocket Ship |
G Hut |
Golden Flipper
Awarded to the Sculpture with the most interesting water
entry. |
Bartmobile |
All Ducked |
Stingray |
Team Justice |
Road Boat |
Best Pit Crew
Awarded and judged by various Officials, and has no real criteria
(which reflects the wisdom of Pilots in choosing a pit crew, or conversely, the wisdom
of some Pilots’ “friends” in volunteering to be the pit crew.) |
Dumpster Divers |
Punxatawney Flyers |
Fifi |
DeVine |
The Duck |
Best Costume
Awarded by the The Fashion Police who keep the criteria a
closely-closeted secret. |
Desolate Forest |
All Ducked |
Bass-Ak-Wards: Ladybug |
Hillbilly Art |
Mad Hatters |
Pilots’ Choice
Awarded to the Pilot receiving the most votes from fellow
Pilots. |
Michael Yozell |
La Quan |
Michael Yozell/Eli Hess |
Eli Hess |
Shrimptastic: Brad Sweet |
Best Bribes |
Dumpster Divers |
Dumpster Divers |
Dumpster Divers |
Dumpster Divers |
Mad Hatters |
Sock Creature of the Universe |
Bartmobile |
Dumpster Divers |
Fish Finders: T. Pergola |
Frog |
Bumpo’s Gandhi |
Spirit of the Founder
Granted by the Glorious Founder of the Kinetic Sculpture Race,
Hobart Brown, who with his infinite wisdom and mysterious means known only to him,
chooses the most worthy winner. |
Westsiders |
Sting Ray |
Theresa Segreti |
Eli Hess |
Catholic Community School |
Ace Pilots
The ACE Award is the most prestigious individual honor a racer can
garner. This prize is a special hand-made medal (think Congressional Medal of Honor,
Purple Heart, and Einstein Genius Knights of the Round Table Award). Many of the
machines and pilots that race in other parts of the world do so only for this award and
eschew any other glory or honors. A pilot who obtains this medal has conquered not only
a race course, but his machine, and himself. |
Michael Yozell |
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Bob Buerger |
Dragon of Death
Beaver Bike/Jimbo H |
People's Choice |
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Fifi |
Bumpo |
Best on Ice
Circumstances have permitted the ice portion of the race to be
held only one year so far. This award was given to the sculpture best able to
traverse the frozen smoothness of the rink. |
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Frog |
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Speed Award
Awarded to the Sculpture and Pilot with the fastest elapsed
course time after any time-penalty infractions have been added. |
Desolate Forest |
Bo-Cycle |
Leaping Beavers |
Bull Dog |
Beaver Bike |
Engineering Award
Awarded by the Engineering Judges. Category includes consideration
of ingenious conquering of course obstacles through Sculpture design as well as any
ingenious facet of the design that functions in a truly unique or Glorious Manner. |
Hot Rod/Yozell |
Beach Rescue |
Black Velveteen |
De Vine |
Louie’s Bone Wagon |
Art Award
Awarded by the Art Judges. Category includes consideration of
color, costumes, two and three dimensional “artistic designs,” kinetic motion,
humor, theatrical appeal, and mass crowd- and media glory-seeking. |
Ruby |
Bearded Nurses |
Fifi |
Hillbilly Art |
Shrimptastic |
Grand East Coast National Mediocre Champion
The Grand Overall East Coast Ace Champion must ACE the course.
The award is determined by Mysterious Mathematical Means which include a point scoring
system based on artistic merit, engineering prowess, and blinding speed of the
Sculpture. The Sculpture with the highest average score in art, engineering, and speed
is the Grand Champion. |
Ruby |
Bartmobile |
Rock n Roll Huff N Puff |
Stinky Cheee |
Bedlam |