FRUIT/VEGGIE CAR DERBY
Event Date: Friday, July 26
Event Time: 2:00 p.m.
Event Location: 4-H Hall
Fruit & Veggie Car Derby Registration
General Rules:
- Participants must be 8 years old and in the third grade to 18 years of age as of January 1 of the current year and a member of a Clermont County 4-H, Boy Scout, Girl Scout, American Heritage Girls Program to be eligible.
- Entries will be judged in four divisions: • Cloverbud – age 5 and in kindergarten to 8 and in the second grade • Junior – age 8 and in the third grade to 11 as of January 1 of the current year • Intermediate/Senior – ages 12-18 as of January 1 of the current year • Adult – 19 and older as of January 1 of the current year
- Entries will be judged in three categories: The fastest car in each class, Most Creative design in each class, and the Longest Distance in each class.
- The most creative category will be chosen at the judges’ discretion.
- The fastest category will be judged by the car that makes it from the top to the bottom of the incline in the shortest amount of time.
- The longest distance will be judged as part of the fastest category. Distance will be measured from the bottom of the ramp to the back wheels of the car.
- Each participant may make one entry. These entries should be brought to the fair already assembled.
- Entry criteria: Each participant must make a car that can roll down an incline. Cars must be made of at least five different fresh fruits or vegetables and must have at least three wheels. To assemble the car, you may use up to 2 bamboo skewers, 6 wooden toothpicks, and one rubber band. These cars must be made of 100 percent fresh fruit or vegetables except for the items listed above to hold the car together (bamboo skewers, toothpicks, and rubber bands).