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The Idiotarod is a shopping cart race in which five "idiots" tie themselves to a (sometimes modified) grocery store shopping cart and run through the streets of a major metropolitan area. The race usually features people in costumes and themed floats. The race, though fun, is competitive, and teams are known to sabotage each other in an effort to win. Forms of sabotage include tripping competitors, throwing marbles or large obstacles in their paths, and the spreading of misinformation, such as false route information.
The Idiotarod is named after the Iditarod, a 1,000 mile dog-sledding race in Alaska.
Idiotarods have taken place in Toronto, Seattle, Los Angeles, New York City, Phoenix, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., though the original race was founded in San Francisco in 1994 as the "Urban Iditarod".
[edit] Idiotarod in popular culture
The Idiotarod was featured prominently in the CSI: NY episode "Obsession" in January 2007. However, in the episode it was referred to as "Idiot Run" because race organizers would not give permission to use the name "Idiotarod". Hear the conversation Here.
Hear the sponsorship pitch from Chipotle Here.
Hear the sponsorship pitch from Converse Here
[edit] 2009 Phoenix race results
| Official prize |
Team |
| Best In Show |
Solid Gold |
| Last Place |
Muff Mondays |
| Good Try |
Justice League |
| Second Place |
Redneck Wedding Party |
| Best Sabotage |
Screaming Fetuses |
| Best Theme |
Sabotage-a-Rods |
| "Taking it for the team" |
The guy from Menace II Sobriety (you know who you are) |
| Best Bribe |
Mystery Inc. |
| Special Judges' Award |
Team |
| Took the Race way too Serious Award* |
Team Grrrrr |
[edit] 2008 Phoenix race results
| Official prize |
Team |
| 1st Place |
Five Girls, One Cup |
| Best Theme/Cart |
Pimps & Hos |
That's all of the awards that we can remember. Sorry.
[edit] 2007 Phoenix race results
| Official prize |
Team |
| 1st Place |
Double Team |
| 2nd Place |
Dance Dance Armageddon |
| Best Sabotage |
Renegade Rollercart Girls |
| Special Judges' Award |
Team |
| Creepiest Team |
Candy Van |
| Best Cart Modifications |
Cone Gallery |
| Best Use Of Inflatables |
Hooray Beer! |
| Longest Capes |
Fily Yaks |
[edit] 2009 New York race results
| Official prize |
Team |
| Best in Show |
Romulus and Remus (aka Team Danger Zone) |
| Best Sabotage |
Violent Gnomes |
| Bribery |
Mercenary Bakers |
| Industrial Design |
Team SteampunKK |
| Physical First Place |
Mercenary Bakers |
| Special Judges' Award |
Team |
| Best Dance |
Bermuda Love Triangles |
| Best Psyche Out |
FWPD (Fakework) |
| Best Story of Cart Acquisition |
Little Lebowski Urban Achievers |
| Triumph Over Self-Sabotage |
Team Don Simon |
| Keeping In Character |
Wayne's World! Party Time! Excellent! |
| Least Prepared To Run 6 Miles |
Rum Sun Fun Airlines |
| Don't Stop Believing Award (Last Place) |
Rancios Recuerdos |
[edit] 2008 New York race results
| Official prize |
Team |
| Best in Show |
Danger Zone |
| Best Sabotage |
COBRA |
| Bribery |
Antoinettes (Fake Work) |
| Purple Heart Award |
Burt Reynold's Mustache |
| Most Surprising Completion of the Race Despite Un Unwieldy Course |
Colonel Angus |
| Industrial Design |
WWF (Troop 666) |
| Physical First Place |
Colonel Angus |
| Special Judges' Award |
Team |
| Spirit |
No Sheep Til Brooklyn |
| Sweetness |
Taste the Rainbow |
| Best Recruitment of new members along the course |
SaKKred Cow (Kostume Kult) |
| Cart with the most miles |
CROC Hunter |
| Keeping it Surreal |
Easy Listening |
| Made me feel old and bored |
Internet Meme |
| If you are going to throw something how about dried corn |
The Amish |
| Most unlikely to bring their mom |
Mad Max |
| Best Loss of Security Deposit |
Chefs |
| TV reference award |
Arrested Development |
| Fabulous so Gay and we love you for it |
The Bedazzlers |
| Best Cobra Cart |
Ebbin. Maker of the COBRA cart |
| Best Judge/ Lifetime Achievement award |
Mo, Precision Accidents |
| Stole the most stuff |
Robbers in the Temple |
| Most persistent |
La Jodida Muerte |
| Best name change when Pirates became against the rules |
The Angry Whores |
[edit] 2007 New York race results
| Official prize |
Team |
| Best in Show |
Guitar Heroes (Troop 666) |
| 4th Place |
G.I. Joe: Operation Mongoose |
| 5th Place |
IdiotaRod Stewarts |
| 6th Place |
Kostume Kult... Baaaaaaaaad Sheep |
| Best Sabotage |
New York City Police Department/ Guitar Heroes (Troop 666) |
| Last Place |
Carmen de Mairena |
| Best Achievement in Industrial Design |
Punkimus Prime |
| Most Points |
Team Nasscar |
| Most Continuous and Effective Bribery |
Mad Hattan Tea Party |
| Life Time Achievement Award |
Wonder Women/Fakework |
| Special Judges' Award |
Team |
| Best 80's Movie Theme |
The Great Scotts |
| Best 20's Movie Theme |
Silent But Deadly |
| Deepest Archive |
The Librarians |
| Bestest Space Nerd/Bestest Haiku/Cuteness Squared |
Mission to Pluto |
| Most Improved |
The Team from New Hampshire |
| Mary Lou Retton Award |
It's So Hard To Be Creative Under Pressure |
| Best Team Without a Cart |
The Mimes |
| Most Aggressively Gross |
Disaster Vagina |
| Best Sweaters |
Team Cosby |
| Best Last Minute Dance for Judges and Beer and Use of Digital Media |
Chicken Run |
Note: Team Double Down, in a separate ceremony, awarded First Place to Colonel Angus.
[edit] 2006 New York race results
| Official prize |
Team |
| Best in Show |
Team COBRA (Carts of Brooklyn Racing Association) |
| 1st Place |
Double Down Red Squad |
| 2nd Place |
Running With Scissors |
| 3rd Place |
Hawaii 5 - 0 |
| Best Sabotage |
Scout Troop 666 (who physically finished 1st but were instead awarded Best Sabotage) |
| Last Place |
The Burned Out Burners |
| Special Judges' Award |
Team |
| Best Bribe |
Barrel O' Monkeyz/Fakework |
| Purple Heart Award |
Bar Back Mountain |
| Most Disgusting |
Mayo Clinic/Chum Buckets |
| Best Weaponry |
Five Horses of the Apocolypse [sic] |
| Best Shopping Cart Liberation Story |
Team Jack Ass |
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