I know, I know. And I’m not even into cars. I have enjoyed, however, getting Hot Wheels cars for Marcus. It started when we bought little cars to keep him entertained on trips in the car. And slowly his collection has grown. I suspect I might even be enjoying our growing collection more than he.
Anyway, this past summer, when he was in Spain with Bonnie, I was able to set up an elaborate race track to test which of the Hot Wheels and Matchboxes were fastest. I tested all 93 cars (Marcus only knows of about 40 or so . . . the rest are ones I’ve bought and hidden away, you know, for future car trips). Of the 93 cars, 70 qualified (some couldn’t make it down the course). Those 70 then raced in a rigorous competition that was as elaborate as the track, and took almost a week to finish. It wasn’t single elimination; or double elimination. It was more like 69th elimination, because I had to determine the exact order of all the cars, from fastest to slowest.
And because I’m sure you are all very excited to know this, here are your winners in the various car-classes (the orange track is visible in the background).
First is the Bassline (Blue), the overall winner and winner of the Track Star Vehicles (which are cars with metal bases and plastic bodies). Next is the Ford GTX-1 (Yellow), Winner of the Mainstream Vehicles (7th Overall) (“Mainstream” cars have plastic bases and metal bodies). And finally, there is the 2006 Dodge Viper (Red), Winner of the Heavyweight Vehicles (13th Overall)(“Heavyweights” have metal bases and metal bodies).
I know. Faaaaaaaascinating.
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