2013 Montague Soapbox Race Results

2013 Montague Soapbox 1st Place Trophy

Now in its fourth year, the Montague Soapbox Derby again had race 36 entries, with 34 racers showing up, one of who's cart axel broke just before they registered.

We again had many racers come from out of state, including four of the organizers of the Sharon, CT, race, and one racer from Brattleboro, VT. Several racers from Montague return the favor by attending their race, which usually happens in July.

All week leading up the weather was predicted to have showers all morning until after the races started, but come race day morning, the sun was shining and the temperatures wound up in the 70s. Perfect racing weather!

This year the race committee followed several suggestions to remediate the long delays we have experienced in the past by installing a tow-up lane so carts could continually be brought back up to the top of the hill as the race continued on. Because we were now shrinking the width of the race track, racers were given the prerogative to change lanes and try for the "inside track" on their way down the hill. This proves to increase the excitement for both drivers and spectators. We feel this was a winning option, and will continue to do it in all following years.

All in all, it was another great day of gravity racing in Montague, MA.

Official Winning speed, times and places.

Award winners are shown in bold.

Car# First Name Last Name Age Best MPH Total Time Placing
KIDS DIVISION
7 Emily Williams 10 23 49.6 1
12 Andrew Nordell 12 24 50.0 2
61 Ethan Jackson 10 23 53.2 3
9 Julian Lindop 9 22 54.7 (N1)
59 Elliot Walsh 11 21 57.4 4
2 Nicholas Jarvis 11 18 80.8 5
8 Westly Roguz 8 unk dnf (N2)
TEENS DIVISION
76 Kyle (N3) Kirkland 12 33 64.8 1
3 Nick Karsten 16 32 65.8 2
30 Ivy Muller 13 29 75.8 3
52 Lucia Mason 14 23 95.0 4
ADULTS DIVISION
35 Greg Kilmer 46 38 51.6 1
28 Joe Landry 68 37 52.6 2
7ma Greg Williams 43 37 53.1 3
15 Brandon Stafford 32 34 54.4 4
6 Kyle Bry (N4) 13 35 55.3 5
55 Dan Petrowicz 33 33 55.9 6
20 Sam Groves 68 34 59.1 7
13 Eugene Aakjar 39 32 59.7 8
4 Ralph Baldwin 50 31 60.0 9
10 Daniel Bowling 23 33 60.7 10
1 John Zellmann (C1) 49 32 61.4 11
67 Richard Reil (N5) 32 61.5 12
74 Bob Hodgkins 42 30 66.0 13
64 Larry Johnson 55 29 70.4 14
57 Les Jackson 67 29 70.8 15
25 "Bones" Larue (C2) 48 26 72.0 16
63 Johanna Castilla 40 26 75.5 17
80 Bella Borges 36 27 76.8 18
5 Christine Aakjar 45 26 77.8 19
36 Kelly Kilmer 43 28 79.7 20
11 John Stewart 58 17 dnf 21
42 Eric Nelson 55 dns
70 Sean Mckenna 28 dns
102 Cody Stuart (N6) 20 dns

dnf = did not finish. dns = did not show.

(C1) John Zellmannwon Joe Landry's custom "Landry Precision Award" for his fire-engine based cart design.

(C2) "Bones" Larue was the recipient of Nina Rossi's custom "Rubber Chicken Award" for his unique industrial cart design.

(N1) Julian Lindop's cart and driver total weight exceeded the kids-divion limit of 250 pounds by 63, so although race officials allowed him to race, he was excempt from any trophy or placement considerations.

(N2) Westly Roguz lost control of his cart at the bottomof the hill and drove off the track just before the first hay bales. He did not return for another try.

(N3) Kyle Kirkland, though aged into the kids division, decided to race in the teens division.

(N4) Likewise, Kyle Bry, though aged into the teens, decided to race with the adults off the ramps.

(N5) Richard Reil replaced racer David Barker. Age was unknown at registration time.

(N6) Cody Stuart was to race Madison on the Avenue's cart #102, but the axel broke as the cart was being delivered, and so they could not pass inspection by the time registration was closed.

Full Race Stats

Here are Deb's worksheets: