Willamette Week's Cartathlon IV


2014 RESULTS

Congratulations to team SoCheese Olympics for winning the grand prize of Free Food Cart Food for a year!

Best Costume: Lord of the Fries (Honorable Mention: Golden Grillz, The Left Overs) Best Team Name: Carts Against Humanity (Honorable Mention: Snack to the Future)


A huge thank you to all participating carts: Tiffin Asha, PDX 671, Kargi Gogo, and KOI Fusion.


Cartathlon IV would not have been possible without its generous and creative sponsors: PEMCO Insurance, Ninkasi Brewing, Green Dragon, Red Duck Foods, Inc., KIND Snacks, Renaissance Homes, Car2Go, Food Carts Portland and Kombucha Mama.


Congratulations to every team that raced! Here are the results:


OverCartmen
OverCartnies
OverConnoisseurus Rex
OverGlen Echo Queens
OverHungry Mongooses
OverThe Food Babies
OverThe Order of the Meeps
OverThe You Outta Knows
OverHayley's Friends
62A Feast For Crows
61PDX Cart Slayers
60Hungry Hungry Harriers
59MAD HATTERz
58Team PPDXXX
57The Wally Squad
56Ninkasi Ninjas
55Roach Coach Ramblers
54If You Wannabe My Lover, You Gotta Eat At My Cart
53The Rhymer Bean
52Hartvensontaco
51Killing Thyme
50Erica's Great Gatztronomical Golden Girl's Speakeasy
49Hasta la Vista, Muchachos!
48Cartiac Arrest
47Death by Food
46Eaten Out
45Jurassic Cart
44Lunch Ladies
43Team Liam Neeson
42The Festive Feasters
41The Left Overs
40BurgerVillans
39Carts Against Humanity
38Church of Anheuser Busch of Lager Dunkelweizen & Stout
37Lord of the Fries
36Not Sure Yet
35League of Cartassins
34Olympic Cartathletes
33Oops! I Ate It Again
32Team Fear Boner
31Team Taco, Not Bell
30Team VooDoo
29The Cartografurrs
28The Incredible Super Gyros!
27Royals (with cheese)
26The New Cartographers - I think this is just
25Golden Grillz
24Put a Little Love in Your Cart
23Red Duck Dynasty
22Burrito Liberation Front
21Team Taste Buds
20Morning Cart-On
19VOC
18The New CARTographers
17CARTesian Plane
16Hungry Hungry Hippos
15School Kids
14Cartaholics
13omNOMasaurous
12Jumping Jehoshaphat
11Larde Have Mercy
10A Complete Cart-Ass-Trophy
9Cartattack
8Spicy Meatballs
7Charles Chickens' Crépe Expectations
6Salmon Nation
5Colonic Cartastrophe
4Snack to the Future
3What The Truck?
2Pop, Lock and Cart It
1 SoCheese Olympics




Willamette Week presents Cartathlon IV! This mobile-eatery-themed scavenger hunt and urban footrace celebrates Portlanders' love of food carts, defiance of winter weather, and affinity for oddball competition.

Working in teams of five, participants will have four hours to: decipher riddles; eat; ride Tri-Met; find Portlandian landmarks; eat; complete random tasks; take photos; and eat. The route encompasses Southeast, Southwest, Northeast and North Portland as contestants race between some of Portland's most popular food cart pods, earning points to vie for the grand prize of free food cart food for a year! Prizes also will be awarded for best dressed team, best team name and more.

Teams of five may register for $60 per team. The participation fee includes breakfast snacks and Ninkasi samples, free Tri-Met passes, free food along the route, free Cartathlon swag for each team member and admission to an after-party where each member of your team will receive a free pint of Ninkasi.


Sunday, March 2

10:30 am: Registration begins at Willamette Week World Headquarters // 2220 NW Quimby Street

12:00 am to 12:30 pm: Race starts. (Organized by heat) Start times are sharp. If your team does not finish by 4:30 pm, you will be disqualified and therefore ineligible for prizes.

4:00 pm to 4:30 pm: Race concludes. 

4:00 pm and on: Ninkasi Brewing sponsors after-party at Green Dragon // 928 SE 9th Ave.


Registration Deadline: Thursday, February 27, 1:00 pm.


To sign up your team of five, email cartathlon@wweek.com.

Please include:

1. Team name

2. Team captain name

3. Daytime telephone number


IMPORTANT: The phone app Instagram will play a vital role in the scoring of Carthathlon IV. Your team captain must have access to a smartphone with Instagram downloaded prior to the start of your heat. You can download the free app HERE.


Cartathlon IV is generously supported by: Ninkasi Brewing, PEMCO Insurance, Green Dragon, Food Carts Portland, car2go, Renaissance Homes, Red Duck Ketchup, KIND Snacks, and Kombucha Mama.










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