Creativity counted more than speed in the annual Cardboard Box Race at Saddleback Mountain in Rangeley on Saturday.
This year’s science fiction theme inspired sled designers to expand their horizons, and big gusts of wind added to the challenge of making it down the slope in a sled made of cardboard and duct tape.
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Cardboard box racers, from left, Jack Elder, Julia Primeau, Chapin Dorsett and Rhys Eddy, all 14-year-olds from Yarmouth, get a push as they take off in their Millenium Falcon at Saddleback Mountain in Rangeley on Saturday. Photos by Tim Greenway/Staff Photographer
Sledders are launched down a specially designed slope at Saddleback.
Sean Haskell, 10, of North Haven rides the "Rock Pond Rocket," a winner in the age 7 to 11 division. His aunt, Tracy Marves, is behind him in the sled. Tim Greenway
A cardboard craft gets finishing touches before the race. Competitors were judged for the creativity of their sleds, and for whether they made it to the bottom
Matt Waeldner, 7, front, Luke Waeldner, 10, middle, and Hank Tobias, 8, all of Yarmouth, descend in their alien-themed craft. Tim Greenway
With youth, adult, individual and group categories, the race attracted 115 participants in 48 cardboard sleds.
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