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2005 Kinetic Sculpture Race Results
May 31, 2005, ETA: Just got an email of the offical results from the Kinetic folks. I now have additional info, including some pilot names and which teams Aced. Where the new info conflicted with the old (as in Best Pit Crew), I'm going with the email from the Kinetic Museum over the announcement from KHUM. Note that in a number of instances the crew has a different name than that of their sculpture; I've done my best to match them up correctly.

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Founder's Choice: Extreme Makeover =Duane Flatmo and Friends= [photo]

Racers' Choice: Magic Bus =Katy Morse and Friends= (from Port Townsend) [photo]

Spectators' Choice - a tie this year:

• Scaredy Cat =June Moxon and Friends=
• Magic Bus

Best Art:

• 1st: Scaredy Cat [photo]
• 2nd: Extreme Makeover
• 3rd: Magic Bus

Best Engineering:

• 1st: Magic Bus [they made their own wheels]
• 2nd: Whale of a Time =Rob Hitchcock=
• 3rd: Spelling Bee =Michele and Mason Estabrook= [Mason is the youngest pilot to ever finish the race]
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• Hon. Mention: Unwheeldy =Dave Hershberger= (Pasadena) [photo 1, photo 2]

Speed Award:

• 1st: Whale of a Time(7 hrs. 18 min.) [photo]
• 2nd: Peace Peddler II (7 hrs. 34 min.) =Michael Van Devender= [photo]
• 3rd: Sea Slug Go aka Stomatopod (12 hrs. 4 min.) =Mark Wilson= (HSU Biology Dept.)

Mediocre Award - Finished Dead Center: Frill Seekers =Ken Beidleman and Friends= [photo]

Golden Dinosaur - 1st to Break Down After Leaving the Plaza: A Porpoise-Driven Life =Wende White= [photo]

Golden Flipper - Water - 1st to Flip in the Bay: Khaos aka Crocodile Hunter

Golden Flipper - Sand - 1st to Flip in the Dunes: Swiss Cheese Incident

Biggest Splash - When Going Into the Bay: Bikin' Fools Go Camping [they got the photographer for Sunset Magazine] [photo]

Poor Pitiful Me Award - Good Try, But Back to the Drawing Board: Team Chaos aka Gang Green =Scott Lawer=

Worst Honorable Mention - Most Ill-Constructed Machine: Team Co-op aka Crappie Corn [photo]

Best Campground - Clean, Inventive, Hospitable: Drum Roll =Tom Gray=

Best Bribes: Scaredy Cat

Best Pit Crew: Bikin' Fools =Lindsey=

Grand Champion - Best All Around: Melvin aka The Big Bad Wolf and the 3 Little Pigs =Cathy & Keith Nelson, Dave Rempe= [photo]

Aces:

• Whale of A Time
• Peace Peddler
• Melvin
• Sea Slug Go
• New Chicken Order =John Broderick=
• Swiss Cheese Incident =Caryn Woelfel=
• Magic Bus
• Spelling Bee
• Wet Paint =Robert Thompson and Friends=

Kinetic Sculpture Race, Silliness