Race Locations
Kinetic sculpture races are held in many locations:
- Humboldt County, California hosts the annual World Grand Championship the last weekend of May. It spans 42 miles over 3 days.
- Baltimore, Maryland - the East Coast Championship sponsored by the American Visionary Art Museum covers 15 miles through downtown Baltimore and the harbor.
- Port Townsend, Washington
- Corvallis, Oregon - as part of their "da Vinci Days" Festival
- Ventura, California - benefits the Turning Point Foundation
- Clearlake, California - part of town's 4th of July Celebration, sponsored by the Clearlake Chamber of Commerce
- Klamath Falls, Oregon
- Prescott Valley, Arizona
- Geraldton, Western Australia
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania hosts a kinetic sculpture derby as part of the Trenton Avenue arts festival in the neighborhood of Kensington, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
There are other kinetic challenges, derbies and so on which follow some of the rules and traditions of kinetic sculpture racing, but are not an official part of it.
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