Maker Works had a blast putting on a Nerdy Derby at Maker Faire Detroit on July 26th and 27th.
On the grounds of The Henry Ford, participants designed derby cars from blocks of wood, decorated them, and then raced them to victory down a one-of-a-kind, three-lane track.
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- Al announcing the races
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- The race track
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- The race track
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- Cars in the making
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- Cars in the making
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- Je’Tone using hot glue to decorate cars
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- Car decorations from The ScrapBox
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- Awaiting race results
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- The Pit Crew cutting blocks for cars
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- The Pit Crew cutting blocks for cars
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- Nerdy Derby test track
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- Nerdy Derby track
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- Awaiting the races
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- Racing to victory
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- The times are in!
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- We have a winner!