Cooper Rankin Comes in a Close Second!
— from Dana Kinsey —
Alderwood Derby entries.
26 cars and racers came to race at the First Annual Orcas Island Alderwood Derby on Saturday, Feb. 8. The final race of the day was Kristian Freeman vs. Cooper Rankin.
Results:
LANE NAME TIME
1 Kristian Freeman 1.9239
2 Cooper Rankin 1.9619 +0.0380
The most exciting race of the day was the first winner bracket where the time between 1st and 4th place was a mear 0.0074 seconds. Other awards for the day went to Ingrid Hanson for the Slowest Car and August Moore for the Best Looking Car.
The website has all the official results with times for all races for those that want to analyze performances – check out https://orcasawd.com/
Thanks to Chief Kevin O’Brien and the staff of Orcas Island Fire and Rescue for use of the Fire Station, Arla Sutton for the trophies, Kate Long for providing the pizza and Chris Sutton of Smalldog Net Solutions who developed the software to track all the derby car races and for the organizers Chris Sutton and Andrew Stephens who made it possible for everyone to enjoy a great day of racing.
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