2010 Race Results

All the carts who ran, and their times and speeds.

The first annual Montague Soapbox Races was a raging success. About 1500 people came out on a beautiful Sunday afternoon to see 27 carts go down the 1st Street hill in Turners Falls, Massachusetts, September 19th, 2010. Two additional carts were entered but deemed too unsafe by their drivers and were put on display instead -- both pieces of art in their own right.

In the end, after weeding out the two unsafe carts, and four no-shows we had 27 racers in three divisions: kids, teens and adults. We learned a lot about how to handle the number of cars, and the number of spectators. We also learned about how high up the hill to start the kids -- the first three kid carts had to run again since they couldn't reach the finish line.

With only five food vendors this first year, the lines were long, but still the vendors were quite happy. We hear that the hotdog vendor sold out all his food in two hours! The Rendezvous, who ran the Beer Tent with Narraganset, went through three kegs and 100+ hamburgers. More stories are emerging about this fabulous day in Montague. Next year will only get bigger.

MCTV had four cameras running during the event, and are now selling the collector's DVD online. Look for a notice soon. This race being a fund-raiser for Montague's public access TV station, we hope everyone who raced purchases a copy.

Race Photos

Photos by Mark Lattanzi, part of Team Muller. Many shots of Racer "Poison Ivy."

Photos by Rebecca Beauregard, also part of Team Muller

Photos by Steve Therien.

Photos by various people on our Facebook page.

Race Results

Many multiple thanks to all the people who helped tracking and recording each Racer's time, speed and style results, including Russ Brown, Patricia Allen, State Senator Stan Rosenberg, Deb Borbeau, Bob and Wendy Bogusz, Mandy Hampp, Doug McIntosh, Kevin McCarthy, Mike McAuliffe, Linda Ackerman, Dr. Mark Allen, Mike Burek, Jack Nelson, and Greg Garrison!  There were many other people helping as well, but these were the folks who handled and recorded the Racers directly.

We had 27 Racers run down the hill. Winners were chosen by their best time. Ties were broken by speed in a particular heat.

Kids Division (12:15 PM)

The Kids Division was the first to run, and after the first three racers to go down the hill (Chelsea, Thor and Ivy) didn't even reach the finish line it was determined that the starting line should be moved up the hill about 15 feet so they could gain more speed. After all racers ran from this new starting line it was also determined that the finish line should be moved closer, thus the shorter run in the second heats.

Place	RacerID	Name		Age	City	State	1st Heat		2nd Heat
							Time Speed		Time Speed
1	30	Ivy Muller		10 yrs	Montague	MA	29sec 17mph		19sec 17mph
2	5	Chelsea Curtis *		8 yrs	Turners Falls	MA	35sec 13mph		19sec 16mph
3	34	Sean Damon		8 yrs	Northfield	MA	31sec 16mph		20sec 16mph
4	24	1. Ross Damon 2. Matt Damon		12 yrs	Northfield	MA	40sec 14mph		24sec 14mph
5	33	Robin McGowen			Northfield	MA	47sec 12mph		24sec 14mph
6	8	Thor Mead		8 yrs	Turners Falls	MA	50sec 12mph		28sec 13mph

* Chelsea's cart also won 2nd place in the Style Division

 

Teens Division (1:00 PM)

Place	RacerID	Name		Age	City	State	1st Heat	2nd Heat
							Time Speed	Time Speed
1	16	Ezra Ward		17 yrs	Montague	MA	21.5sec 27mph	21.2sec 27mph
2	13	Logan Turner-Renaud		15 yrs	Dummerston	VT	23.8sec 24mph	23.6sec 25mph
3	6	Kyle Bry *		10 yrs	Montague	MA	23.7sec 24mph	23.7sec 24mph
4	27	Zayd Alizera **		17 yrs	Saudi Arabia		24.9sec 23mph	24.7sec 24mph
5	11	Craig Bodell		13 yrs	Gill	MA	28.9sec 21mph	27.7sec 22mph

* Although 10 yrs old, Kyle Bry raced in the teen division.

** Student at Linden HS, Northfield, MA

 

Adults Division (1:45 PM)

Place	RacerID	Name		Age	City	State	1st Heat	2nd Heat
							Time Speed	Time Speed
1	28	Joe Landry *		65 yrs	Turners Falls	MA	28.4sec 33mph	28.5sec 33mph
2	20	Sam Groves		65 yrs	Brattleboro	VT	29.2sec 32mph	28.8sec 33mph
3	10	Chris Raymond		48 yrs	Bernardston	MA	30.2sec 32mph	30.0sec 31mph
4	4	Tim Dowd		21 yrs	Montague	MA	30.4sec 31mph	30.4sec 30mph
5	6	Bill Bry **		42 yrs	Montague	MA	31.0sec 30mph	30.9sec 30mph
6	15	Cody Savinski		24 yrs	Montague	MA	31.8sec 29mph	31.0sec 30mph
7	12	Godfried Turner-Renaud		49 yrs	Dummerston	MA	31.5sec 29mph	32.7sec 29.mph
8	25	David Larue		45 yrs	New Salem	MA	32.3sec 30mph	32.6sec 28mph
9	3	Owen Graves		41 yrs	Turners Falls	MA	32.7sec 29mph	32.6sec 29mph
10	18	John Stewart		54 yrs	Lake Pleasant	MA	32.7sec 29mph	32.7sec 30mph
11	7	1. Michael Becker 2. Ed Becker		35 yrs 68 yrs	Brattleboro	VT	32.9sec 29mph	33.4sec 28mph
12	21	Krista Stoops		37 yrs	Westfield	MA	49.0sec 23mph	39.0sec 25mph
13	9	Katie Kurtyka		22 yrs	Turners Falls	MA	43.95sec 25mph	42.3sec 25mph
14	1	Daniel Kornguth		38 yrs	Brattleboro	VT	51.2sec 23mph	46.8sec 24mph
15	31	John Landino ***		62 yrs	Turners Falls	MA	flipped	120.8sec 17mph
16	14	George Brace ****		40 yrs	Amherst	MA	crash	---

* Joe Landry, the current speed record holder of the Montague Soapbox Races, also built John Landino's cart, who flipped and then went on to win 1st place in the Style Division (due to John's accoutriments). Joe also helped build Ivy Muller's 1st place Kids Division cart, with much help from racer John Stewart (who has given his silver bullet cart to Anne Harding, who plans to race it in the 2011 race).

** Bill Bry raced his son Kyle's cart in the adult division.

*** John Landino's "DaDa-ist Invasion" cart, built by Joe Landry (and one of the winner's in Kornguth's Soapbox Derby in Brattleboro, VT) flipped in the first heat when his cape got caught in one of the rear tires. He coasted down the hill with his brakes on in the second heat and won 1st place in the Style Division.

**** George's "Pink Pig" didn't make it around the first bend in the first heat, the back-right wheel collapsing. This cart did win 3rd place in the Style Division.

Posted: to Montague Soapbox Race News on Mon, Sep 20, 2010
Updated: Tue, Jul 19, 2011