KKC 2011 Wrap-Up


June 24,25 and 26 2011. Out first multi-day race! We had 11 teams this year.

Peter Wagner brought 2 vehicles from Davis, CA.
Bouncing Friendly Gnome and Visualize Whirled Peas.

Tom Hitchcock came from Talent, OR
Stop Dragon My Heart Around.
            
2 High School teams from Burney, CA.
Ain’t No John Deere and Camo King Drakes
   
Riki Bedford brought 2 vehicles from Medford, OR.
Fros ‘N Peas and Bottle Rocket.

Bottle Rocket broke in the water, but he attached it to a bicycle trailer and finished the race.
   
Reed Lacy from Corvallis, OR brought
Under The Rainbow from Corvallis, OR

The Kinetic Kops from Arcata. CA decide at the last minute to enter the race.
   
We had 2 local sculptures.
Lollipop Kids and the Love Machine.
   


We had songs sung at the Friday night party. Saturday we started at Veterans Park with a Wheel Barrel Race


On Saturday we had a parade, KGO Hill to Moore park, and the sand pit. The kids had fun re-making the sand hills.


Some sculptures needed help to get through the sand, but most made it without any problems.
 
 


On Sunday, We started with the water crossing. Here you see Camo King Drake, and Visualize Whirled Peas after entering the water.
 
Here you can see Under the RainBow and Bottle Rocket. Note, Bottle Rocket's pontoons should all be aligned with each other, The sculpture broke in the middle.
 
Here you can see Bouncing Friendly Gnome, Under The Rainbow, Ain't no John Deere, The Love Machine, and Stop Dragon my Heart Around all lining up to leave the water.,


Back at Veteran's park, we had the mud pit. It looked tough, but most made it through with no troubles.
Here's Lollipop Kids in the mud, and you can see how Bottle rocket was retro fitted to finish the race
 
Here's Fros 'N Peas, and The Love Machine being "Cleaned" my the kids
 


Over all the race was a jugh success and lots of fun. To see how the racers scored, go the awards page.


Special thanks to the coordinators, and all the volunteers! With out these hard working people there wouldn't be a race.

Dawn
Jim
Louise
Carol
Tracy
Jim
Lance
Chris
... And your little dog too!



Some photos were provided by Kay Wentz, Reed Lacy, and Tom Hitchcock