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2007 Awards

When was the last time you thought about those junior high slumber parties when you and your friends would watch the Volleyball scene in top gun over and over and over? Apparently these guys reminisce about those nights much more often than the rest of us do. There are certain things that every best in show must encompass.

1. A kick ass cart. These guys had a fighter jet that blew smoke, had retracting wings, and of course it blasted “Danger Zone” when ever it took off!
2. Bribes. These guys were handing out cigar boxes with the DANGER ZONE emblem on top. When you opened the box there was, chocolate, whiskey, special brownies, porn, and of course a dildo. They handed out tons of these boxes, not just one or two. Although, we should point out that the brownies did cause several COBRA members to get a bit paranoid, and they had to leave the race a bit early.
3. Costumes. Danger Zone showed up in fighter outfits, flight control outfits, and they of course had all whites for the after party.
4. You must stay in character the whole day. They serenaded us all with “that loving feeling”.

Danger Zone raised the bar even higher for the rest of us. We can’t wait to see what you guys bring next year! Although, we probably could do without all the Cocktail carts this might inspire for next year.

1. Cobra - 0 helicopters, 0 mounted cops, 0 paddy wagons, only one angry little cop at the start.
2. Gnome Camp - Fake check point
3. Carticus - Locked carts together and threw the (fake) lock keys into the Gowanus canal

1. Antoinettes (Fake Work) - Every year these ladies bring their A game. They are, after all, the original Best in Show winners. Every year these ladies take home some cash. This year they out did the rest of you with their jell-o shots, beautiful boxes filled with cupcakes, and of course they asked every judge, “May I give you some head?” as they presented a cake in the shape of a head. Thank you ladies!
2. Staten Island Ninjas - Uhhh.. Hello? They are *Ninjas*, trained assasins. They bribed the judges simply by letting them live.

1. Burt Reynold's Mustache – One left in an ambulance.
2. Hair Cult for Men – One might have broken a hand.
3. Culture Club/ 7 Deadly Sins tied – both these teams ended up losing more blood than any race team should.

1. Colonel Angus – These guys stopped at all the checkpoints and both the mini checkpoints and still crossed the line first.
2. Cold Master Union
3. Taste the Rainbow

1. WWF (Troop 666) - They had a traveling wrestling ring!! Come on! Spider and the rest of Troop 666 followed up last years Best in Show performance with some real life wrestle mania. Even though Troop 666 and COBRA are sworn enemies, we would like to thank Spider and crew for allowing us to pile dozens and dozens of carts in their wrestling ring. When our cart removal guy skipped out on us you guys came through. We will always be grateful. Thank you guys!
2. Team Rambo - A double decker cart that Rambo used to attack the rest of us from. To be honest it was a bit scary to watch, but still an impressive design.

• Spirit- No Sheep Til Brooklyn. Just look at them! But don’t count them, it makes you sleepy…
• Sweetness- Taste the Rainbow. These Skittle Kids were the first ones at the starting line (before the organizers). They were warming up doing laps around the park as Mom looked on. We just wanted to eat them up!
• Best Recruitment of new members along the course- SaKKred Cow (Kostume Kult) – These guys picked up actual Hare Krishnas along the way. Only in New York.
• Cart with the most miles- CROC Hunter. These guys were from Australia, saw the Iditarod in Alaska, were in Canada for some reason, and decided to NYC for race.
• 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 – Nothing like dressing up in leather with four of your best friends and asking Mom to take your picture.
• Best Loss of Security Deposit- Chefs – They actually took their stove apart and put it on their cart.
• TV reference award- Arrested Development – These never nudes only took down a few banners along the way.
• 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