It’s been a few weeks, but honestly, it took that long to recover! Yes, we all survived Milwaukee’s First Nerdy Derby race (well, a few cars may have been damaged) so here’s a look at some of the coverage.
Ed put together this great video of the race…
Kevin put together a car that was deemed too dangerous (or was it ‘too awesome’?) but you can read about that here.
Collin’s car won the “Longest time” category, and here’s a video of Rolling Thunder in action…
Have Blue put together a super-detailed blog post about his car, which definitely won the speed competition, and also won the “Run backwards up the slope and launch” category.
There’s more car photos on Flickr. I’ve been told a few people want to have another race, and this time we may even need “motorized” and “non-motorized” categories as multiple cars sported propellers, motors, ducted fans, etc.
I’m not sure if anyone bothered to keep track of all the winners in all the categories (we created about 8 categories you could win) but the main thing most people will remember is the fun we had. Kids and adults were cheering and laughing during the race, and also had a fun time just building cars out of all the scrap we supplied. It was probably the most awesome thing that happened at BarCampMilwaukee this year.
I’d also like to give a big thanks to Buggs, Vishal, and Brant for providing the track and running the race. A little organization goes a long way!
RT @mkemakerspace: A quick recap of our Nerdy Derby race… two words: awesome fun! http://t.co/IVNuruUl
This event was HUGE fun – am eager to do it again!
I photographed the winning car numbers, but I’m not sure whose cars they were:
The Slowest – #16 (Collin’s “Rolling Thunder”)
Least Distance Traveled – #34 (Dillon Collins)
Under 18 Winner (fastest under 18 entrant) – #24
Epic Fail (does not win fastest; crowd chosen) – #18
The Fastest – #32 (Have Blue’s “Waste of a Perfectly Good Afternoon”)
The Noisiest – #32 (Have Blue’s “Waste of a Perfectly Good Afternoon”)
Most Awesome Car That Didn’t Make It – #00 (Frankie Flood’s “Belly Tanker”)
Best Name – #32 (Have Blue’s “Waste of a Perfectly Good Afternoon”)
Most Patriotic – #8 (I seem to recall Brew’s “Frito Laye'” being chosen. Yep, only in America…)
The Tricked-Out (most functionality and/or BLING) – #13
The Tallest – #6 (Brant’s “Safety Car”?)
The Underdog (least likely to win, but does) – #20 (“Grandpa” car, a 12 year old pinewood derby racer – forget who had it)
The Delicious (most edible) – #11 (I think this was Will’s “THE DO’IT”)
The Not-So-Pretty (aka ‘self confident’) – #6 (Brant’s “Safety Car”?)