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Kirby Derby! An annual Raleigh tradition since 2002PARADE • SOAP BOX DERBY • MINI PINE CAR RACES • COSTUMES & SILLINESS GALORE
Kirby Derby! It's Not Rocket Surgery!! Bring your friends, neighborhood, community and competitive spirit and participate in one of the big events. The theme is DERBY DEEDS: Mixed Metaphors, Cataclysmic Cliche, and Wreckless Wordplay.
Registration is free but required and limited in order to be a competitor and participate in events. Not really a racer or parader? Every competitor needs an audience! Bring your a game to the cheering section (registration not required for cheering, but costumes strongly encouraged)
Schedule (subject to change):
3:00 Kirby Derby starts
3:30 Mini Pine Car Racers
4:30 Parade
5:30 Soap Box Derby Solos (Individual runs of The Gauntlet*)
6:00 Intermission / Paper Airplane competition
6:30 Soap Box Derby Head to Head
7:15 Presentations and music
Times are a bit fluid. Participants of parade and derby must be in position 30 minutes before posted start times
Register, learn all the derby details and see pics from the past at kirbyderby.com
*The Gauntlet consists of:
1. Water hazard
2. 4" ramped jump
3. Slalom
Participants can elect to avoid the obstacles. However each obstacle attempted will result in a 5 second time boost.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Umstead Dr at Middleton Dr, Raleigh NC 27603, Raleigh, United States
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