By Dixon Davies- DixonSunday turned out to be the perfect day for racing. A Zucchini 500 race that is
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Dozens of excited boys and girls showed up for the third annual Zucchini 500 hosted by Morrisville First at the Morrisville Senior Servicenter in Morrisville.
Morrisville First is a community group program administered by the Bucks County Housing Group which is funded by a grant provided by the Wells Fargo Foundation. The idea to host zucchini racing was inspired by the races once held in Lower Makefield, according to Donna M. Griff, co-community development coordinator for Morrisville First.
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| Photo by Diane Davies Dixon |
“I started searching the Internet about them,” said Griff. “This year we added the decorating contest.”
Creation stations filled with eager children were set up with all the supplies needed for a zucchini make-over.
Barbie doll heads, pins, hats, duct tape, race flags, fuzzy wire, eyes, etc.
Some participants decorated masterpieces at home and brought them to the contest.
Several people passed by the contest table before realizing the dachshund on the table was really a zucchini beneath the brown furlike texture.
This year there were 24 zucchini racers and 22 zucchini decorated for the contest.
“This is a good venue with the car show,” said Griff. “They are both related to racing.”
Families gathered outside the caution tape that surrounded the homemade wooden race track, cheering the racers on.
Only four zucchini cars raced at a time and the first to cross the finish line was the proud winner for that heat.
Many of the people who wandered into the zucchini race pit had never heard of such a race and found the race cute, they said.
“The zucchini race is a conversation starter,” said Sam Krushenski, of Morrisville, chairwoman of the race.
The cost was $3 to race and each child was given a zucchini. Participants were also welcome to bring their own homegrown zucchini or store-bought ones to the event.
Each zucchini was given its own race number to wear down the track, just like a real race car has.
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