East Coast Kinetic Sculpture Championship Race    
From kineticbaltimore.com:
Hobart Brown, the founder of Kinetic Sculpture Racing, died of pneumonia November 7, 2007 at Redwood Memorial Hospital in Humboldt County, California. Hobart created the first Kinetic Sculpture in 1969, and very actively promoted what became the World Championship Kinetic Sculpture Race during the following decades. He helped guide creation of the Baltimore race in 1999, and also attended in subsequent years, although health problems prevented his participation in 2007. The photo to the left shows him at the 2004 Baltimore Race. His last words were "Tell the press!"
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Pokey the Platypus Returns | 2008-05-03

Pokey the PLATYPUS (Personal Long-range All-Terrain Yacht Proven Un-Safe) returned once again to perticipate in the Kinetic Race. This is an unstoppable well (elbow-)greased machine.

Also observe Wilma, the Wombat and Bob Buerger's Kinetic Airways.

Disclaimer: The photos comprising this image had been taken over a prolonged period of time so people and machinery may appear together when in fact they took their spaces at diferent moments in time.

Pokey the Platypus Returns
Wilma the Wombat and the Wombats | 2008-05-03

Wilma the Wombat is a surfer girl and that's just one of her many assets NOT shown off in this panorama. You may discover the letter Y on her arm, the tail end of her tattoo reading 'I ♥ Pokey' (see the Platypus above). Give the Wombats extra credit: they continued playing once afloat.

Wilma the Wombat and the Wombats
Pilots of the Fiah Twuck | 2008-05-03

Somehow I missed the fireball candy give-away by this brigade, but I was offered a sandwich as I snapped their picture during their break.

Pilots of the Fiah Twuck
Fifi in the Sandpit | 2008-05-03

Fifi is an eight year veteran of the Kinetic Race. She hardly needs introduction and reamins a crowd favorite. Dont let the fluff fool you, there's a mean machine underneath that Baltimore charm.

Fifi in the Sandpit
The Mudders of it All | 2008-05-03

These are the kind souls who spared no article of clothing or square inch of skin to make sure that the mudpit was deep, wet and dirty.

The Mudders of it All
Fifi and the Frog | 2006-05-06

Both Fifi and the Frog are the brain children of AVAM, the American Visionary Arts Museum, who host Kinetic Sculpture Race in Baltimore (hitting the decade mark soon!).

Fifi and the Frog
2 Goats Meet on a Bridge | 2006-05-06

This one was nowhere near as obvious to me as Thing 1 and 2, which should be a clear indicator to you of my level of intelligence. Let me put it this way: I kept remarking to myself: "nice bulls". You would think the horns ought to have been sufficient clues. I need to do more Bible reading perhaps, and am anxiously awaiting the panoramic version to come out . . .

2 Goats Meet on a Bridge
And to Think that I Saw It on Pratt Street | 2006-05-06

How is this not a match made in heaven: Dr. Seuess meets wacky kinetic sculpting? Complete with green eggs and ham, accompanied by both Thing 1, Thing 2and Sam I Am - brilliant, indeed.

Will it go?
Oh yes it can!
In the mud
and in the sand,
in the water,
across the land
Powered by green eggs and ham!
 - from the 2006 Spectators' Guide

And to Think that I Saw It on Pratt Street
Two-Headed Dragon | 2006-05-06

It really has two heads, you just have to take my word for it ;^)

While you cannot see the other head, you do get a peek at the Hillbilly House and the Kansas Twister.

Two-Headed Dragon
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