Kinetic Grand Championship (start/finish location varies, includes Arcata)

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annual sporting event art festival human-powered vehicle race

The Kinetic Grand Championship is a quirky, human-powered, all-terrain sculpture race held annually over Memorial Day weekend in California’s Humboldt County, featuring elaborately engineered art vehicles traversing roads, sand, and water.

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Label	Occurrences
Kinetic Grand Championship (start/finish location varies, includes Arcata) canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	annual sporting event ⓘ art festival ⓘ human-powered vehicle race ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Kinetic Sculpture Race ⓘ Triathlon of the Art World ⓘ
attracts	artists ⓘ engineers ⓘ spectators ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
foundedBy	Hobart Brown ⓘ
genre	kinetic sculpture race ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	all-terrain course ⓘ costumed participants ⓘ elaborate engineering ⓘ emphasis on art and creativity ⓘ emphasis on human-powered engineering ⓘ
hasComponent	road segments ⓘ sand dune crossing ⓘ water crossing ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	local Humboldt County tradition ⓘ tourist attraction in Humboldt County ⓘ
hasDuration	multi-day race ⓘ
hasMotto	“For the Glory” ⓘ
hasNotableFeature	costume and performance judging ⓘ engineering and speed judging ⓘ whimsical kinetic sculptures ⓘ
hasParticipantType	art vehicle ⓘ kinetic sculpture ⓘ
hasRule	vehicles must be amphibious ⓘ vehicles must be human-powered ⓘ vehicles must traverse sand dunes ⓘ
hasStartOrFinishLocation	Arcata, California ⓘ
hasTheme	“For the Glory” ⓘ
heldOn	Memorial Day weekend ⓘ
involves	artistic performance ⓘ endurance racing ⓘ engineering challenges ⓘ
locatedIn	Humboldt County ⓘ surface form: Humboldt County, California Northern California ⓘ
organisedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
poweredBy	human power ⓘ
recurrence	annual ⓘ
relatedTo	Arcata Kinetic Sculpture Race ⓘ Kinetic Sculpture Race ⓘ surface form: Kinetic Sculpture Racing
startDateApproximation	late 1960s ⓘ
terrainType	road ⓘ sand ⓘ water ⓘ

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