The Indianapolis 500 is two days away, but it’s race day here at Angie’s List. Today is the second annual Angie’s List Soap Box Derby. I don’t have much time to write, as the festivities begin in just a few minutes.
The entire Angie’s List work force was divided into 30 teams earlier this week, each with about a dozen employees. Team names and captains have been chosen, and $75 gift cards to a home improvement store were used to purchase car parts. This morning we’ll put the cars together, and after lunch, race them downhill through a parking lot filled with wet, sticky hay bales.
Each team has a theme, and costumes are in vogue today. “Big Brown” has a tiny female jockey ready to take the wheel, the “A-Team” is here with Mr. T, and the “Friday the 13th Crystal Lake Cruisers” team is comprised of unsuspecting campers and a hockey-masked Jason, of course.
It’s not all fun and games, though. There’s a $1,000 cash prize for the winning team, so the IT guys and engineers are taking this quite seriously. We’re not just computer gurus, data specialists, writers and artists : today, we’re car owners and pit crew members.
I’ve got to run now, it’s time to build our car.
You can watch video of the soap box derby in the Angie’s List podcast.