Teams

GO BABY GO!

Garage Headquarters: Seattle, WA

Driver: Joon Chang

Mechanics: Jennifer Fahnestock, Robin Lim, Jason Schroeder, Freddy Dickinson

Nuts and Bolts:

What does a group of Microsoft IT and software engineers do for fun? ”We’re geeks who love to play Texas Hold’em and go out swing dancing every week,” admits team captain Joon Chang. Now they’re gambling their Go Baby Go! soapbox will run circles around the competition. How so? Their rivals will be too scared to run against them in a kind of “Mama's out for a stroll with little junior in his baby carriage … subverted by having the protagonist horrified that he can't avoid hitting the carriage,” thing. It’s a re-occurring theme in film, Chang suggests. If the strategy fails, then they plan to win the People’s Choice award dressed up as a cowboy, Indian, police officer, and construction worker. "It takes a village to raise a child. Or, the Village People."