Tank Wars

{ July 20, 2009 @ 3:09 pm } · { Fun Activities }

July 3rd, 2009 marked the 4th anniversary of Tank Wars. For those of you who aren’t familiar with this rousing new sport, each contestant modifies ordinary firework tanks into mammoth fireballs build to incinerate their opponent. The Thiess family visited from Kentucky to make their debut at Tank Wars with eager anticipation to blow crap up. Tank Wars consists of 3 different competitions, races, battles, and a beauty contest worth a few extra points.

This year went a lot smoother than previous years,with rule bickering kept to a minimum. On the first day we had the races, each contestant entered 3 speed tanks, with points earned for winning and going certain distances. Megan and I had one of our tanks go the second farthest, robbed by the Lazarte’s Monsters Inc. car. The first day ended with Scott and Christy winning the overall race contest, with the Lazartes and Megan and I in close second and third.

I got a few extra points on the beauty contest for my Santa’s Slay creation which tied me for first place going into the battle competition, but my destruction tanks flopped. After a lot of excitement and fire we tallied up the votes and retired for next year. Maybe if Megan and I start early this year we can have something to show for all of our smack talk.