Cups And Balls
(Timed 2 person event.)
Set out stakes at ten yard intervals-a sixty
yard stretch will be fine. Put upturned paper
cups on top of each stake. At the start line
hand the passenger six tennis balls. The object
is to drive the car in and out of the posts
while the passenger turns the cups the right way
up, and then places a ball in the paper cup
which is balanced on top of each post.
Egg and Spoon
Race (2 person event)
Set up slalom course with cones. Passenger has
an egg on a spoon slightly smaller than the egg!
(Ping pong balls will do if you're short on
eggs!) However the spoon must be small enough to
make holding the egg difficult. driver moves
through the slalom hopefully with no dropped
eggs-and the fastest time is the winner.
Soccer Ball
Slalom (2 person event)
Set up a line of posts along a 60 foot stretch,
holding tape to form a line. If you have no
tape, string threaded with paper cups will do.
The driver directs the car parallel to the posts
and the passenger then tries to guide a soccer
ball or basketball, between the posts using a
paddle. Finally maneuvering the ball into a
bucket lying on its side at the end of the line.
A timed event with penalties applied for missing
taking the ball between any two posts.
Moving The Water!
(2 person event)
Set up a 60 yard "L" shaped course marked with
cones. The course could be longer depending upon
available space. Competitors are given a coffee
can. At the start of the course is placed a
large tub of water. time starts-at which the
passenger has to get the tin full of water from
the tub. When ready, the driver makes a run to
the other end of the course, with the passengers
hopefully holding the tin of water out of the
side of the car! At the end of the course is
placed a suitable receptacle for the water,
which incorporates some form of measurement so
that the amount of water can be calculated.
Three turns are made to get the most amount of
water down to the other end, but the driver must
reverse back each time to the start for the
passenger to get more water in the can. This
event can be timed or just decided on the most
amount of water ferried to the end of the
course.
Will It Go?
(Solo event.)
Sixty yards away from a start line, set up two
posts each of which can be moved by a marshall
holding each post. Drivers have to indicate to
the marshalls to move the posts closer together,
or further away, until the driver thinks the car
will just go through the posts. Driver then
moves forward and sees how judgmental he has
been! The distance from the of the car to each
post is then measured and the driver with the
smallest total overall measurement is declared
the winner.
Piggy In The Middle
(Timed 2 person event.)
Place a two foot high stool in the center of a
large circle formed by cones. Obtain a rope half
the diameter of the circle. Passenger stands on
stool holding one end of the rope-the driver
holds the other end. Driver circumnavigates the
cones twice, as quickly as possible but neither
must let go of the rope, and the passenger must
not leave the stool!
Bucket In The Middle
(2 person event)
Set up cones in a tight turning circle for the
cars being used. Driver circles around the
outside of the cones and passenger attempts to
lob bean bags into a bucket placed in the center
of the circle of cones. Go around three times
forward and then try the same in reverse! Most
bags in the bucket wins!
-Games from an old Moss Motors
newsletter
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