26 Sep

Regatta Railcar Racers

As proclaimed by Erasmus P. Kitty.

2009 Race Results

Race Block 1 — 12:30 pm
# Contraption (Team) Heat 1 Heat 2
001 MOG (Childrens Museum Sonoma County) 0:24.86 0:28.40
282 IronClad Surfer (Ironclad Surfers) DQ DQ
403 Flying Quagmire (Walnut Ct Apprentices) 1:40.31 0:34.19
564 Wonkatania (Uff Da-Loompas) 1:52.97 0:55.27
775 Screaming Vortex (Escape Velocity) 0:42.03 0:50.33
906 Rock*N*Roll Sunday School Fixed Gear
(Strong Men of SR) 		0:43.14 1:46.93

Race Block 2 — 1:30 pm
# Contraption (Team) Heat 1 Heat 2
447 Toad in the Stew (Brothers of Benedict) 0:26.62 0:28.06
288 Cyclotron (South Pacific Coaster) 0:21.03 0:23.17
109 Methodical Juggernaut (Infernal Manufacturing) 0:40.65 0:47.22
810 Murray the Fish (David Farish, Krank-Boom-Clank) 0:43.64 0:35.66
911 Two Penny (Todd Barricklow) 1:30.24 1:57.0
012 Sheffields Fantastic Trolley (Chain Gang) 0:37.10 0:25.36

Break Race

SHOWDOWN!
Whaaaan-dom Tantrum Pampermonium (Krank-Boom-Clank & Fou Fou Ha!) VS Random Tandem Pandemonium (Whiskeydrunk Cycles)

Thenagain Bomber (Whiskeydrunk Cycles) VS Randem Tandem Pandemonium (Whiskeydrunk Cycles as raced by arch-rivals Krank-Boom-Clank)

Race Block 3 — 2:30 pm
# Contraption (Team) Heat 1 Heat 2
613 La Carreta Diabolica (Los Guapos Diablos) DQ 0:29.21
414 Rail Skins (Nordic Track) DQ 2:02.95
915 Hennepin Crawler (Krank-Boom-Clank) 1:05.57 0:28.97
016 Thenagain Bomber (Whiskeydrunk Cycles) 0:34.10 1:11.82
117 Rebel Rollers (Chop’s Teen Center) 0:42.64 1:11.83
518 Bumping Contraption (Psychedelic Engineers) 0:27.13 0:28.0

Race Block 4 — 4:30 pm
# Contraption (Team) Heat 1 Heat 2
The Westerner (Bret Gave – Trek Store Santa Rosa) 0:27.83 DQ
420 The Radmobile (SRJC) 2:18.49 DQ
Velocipede (Rosie) 0:57.72 DQ
022 The Bamboozler (the Bamboozled) DQ DQ

Final Zephyr Speed Race

MOG — Heat ONE: Won due to failure of other team to qualify

Cyclotron — Heat ONE: Did not finish, crash on the tracks

2009 Railcar Racing Entries

Bumpin’ Contraption by Psychedelic Engineers
La Carreta Diabolica by Los Guapos Diablos
“After selling our souls for speed and glory, Los Guapos Diablos have joined in a dark union in the name of Victory. Channeling Nietzchean forces, we bring you our precisely engineered war wagon…La Carreta Diabolica, to evoke fear and amazement in the hearts of all. ¡Vive Los Guapos Diablos!”
Chop's Inaugural Entry Chop’s Inaugural Entry by Chop’s Teen Center
The Chop’s Teen Center “steampunk” contraption was a collaborative effort between designer extraordinares and teen punksters! It is part traditional with its coal black patina and part rock star with copper, glitter and kinetic sculpture. All devices are recycled and all ideas are original.
Cyclotron by The South Pacific Coaster
The Flying Quagmire by The Walnut Ct. Apprentices
“Watching last years Regatta and the use of man powered machines prompted my partner and I to build a contraption. My partner, Bob Iorg, has worked with Hobart Brown on many of his machines in the past. Although we don’t have a theme yet, I’m sure between the two of us we will come up with a contraption worthy of this event.” — Daryl Scanagatta. A team of two, including Bob Iorg.
Hennepin Crawler by Krank-Boom-Clank Hennepin Crawler by Krank-Boom-Clank
The Crawler represents a desire to meld alternative transportation innovation, human-powered kinetic sculpture, recycling of disparate pieces of functional garbage, and the prankster’s notion of absurdity and bewilderment on an unsuspecting public.

Galleries, contact, and more about K-B-C…
Ironclad Surfer Ironclad Surfer by Ironclad Surfers
Powered by levered arm/freewheel bike gears attached to a surfboard that pumps up and down for smooth futuristic down the line action.
Methodical Juggernaut by Infernal Manufacturing
“Our Day of Reckoning is Near! The contraption will confound and extinguish all doubters- Behold! Judgement! Embrace! Stupendous Splendor!”
MOG by Children’s Museum of Sonoma County
Racing a modified version of last year’s contraption.
Murray the Fish by David Farish of Krank-Boom-Clank
Rail Skinsby Nordic Traction
Rock*N*Roll Sunday School Fixed Gear Rock*N*Roll Sunday School Fixed Gear by The Strong Men of Santa Rosa
These hearty moustachioed chaps plan to crush the competition in their hamster wheel of fiery fixed-gear ruination! Website. (Photos by Kristin Costill)
The Screaming Vortex The Screaming Vortex by Escape Velocity
Captained by last year’s Zephyr trophy winner, Andy Graham will be “…harnessing the power of the wind, the Screaming Vortex is the future of personal rail transport. Watch in awe as four crew members power two giant, counter-rotating turbine fans at screaming velocities, thrusting them not only to the finish line, but to the future itself.” — Andrew McIntosh Graham, 1867

Team members: Andy Graham, Alexis Bauer, Steven Muscarelli, & 4th TBA. Read more at the Web site…
Shefield’s Fantastic Pump Trolley Shefield’s Fantastic Pump Trolley by Joel Allan & friends
A scale replica of a handcar that would have been in use 100 years ago.
The Steam Bike
Pilot Bret Gave from the Trek Store Santa Rosa: “Shot from an ethanol cannon, brought by his own devices & determined to win on someone else’s comes “THE MIDWESTERNER”.

From a humble beginning in Rural Illinois this corn-feed man of men drove West with nothing more than his SUV and a will to win. The Midwesterner, aboard Todd Barricklow’s Regatta ‘08 Steam Bike is determined to turn “top 3” into top dog.

Watch for the Midwesterner as he will be easily recognizable from his pasty corn-belt complexion, charming disposition and wholesome Midwestern values.”
Thenagain Bomber Thenagain Bomber by Whiskeydrunk Cycles
After somewhat (in their minds) conquering the rails of Santa Rosa with the cumbersome 2008’s “Tandemonium,” team members Klaus A Rappensperger, Neil Espenship, Joey Castor, & Joshua Thwaites decided to embark on a streamlined version of their previous machination with the pretext of beating the jodhpurs off the competition at the next Handcar Regatta.
Toad in the Stew Toad in the Stew by Brothers of Benedict Joseph Labre
Hobo collective to roll their steel hog through Santa Rosa: Kid Skid, Nedder Weevil, Stewball, Clown and De-lay.
Two Penny by Todd Barricklow Two Penny by Todd Barricklow
A giant contraption based on a penny farthing bicycle.

Visit the Flickr set… See also Todd’s fine art site: Killing Time Studios
Velocipede by Rosie
A team of one.
Wonkatania Wonkatania by Uff-Da-Loompas
Quoth Mr. W. Wonka: “The suspense is terrible. I hope it’ll last.”

Visit Wonkatania Web site.
as yet untitled by Boback Emad & friends
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