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'Nerdy Derby' at Imagination Station

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Extreme scientist Dan Clements gets ready to launch a car during the "Nerdy Derby" at Imagination Station. Participants designed, created and decorated a car to race down a 40 foot track during the two day event.

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Chief Scientist Carl Nelson, left, and Sean Dunphy, right, watch as a car races past the finish line.

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A test car was decorated with Bill Nye the Science guy during the "Nerdy Derby" at Imagination Station.

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Scott Chapman, of Maumee, helps his niece Lorelei Rafn, 9, of Avon Lake, figure out a glitch in their car design.

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Deicie Sawyer, left, helps Lorelei Rafn, 9, of Avon Lake, cut out her car.

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Deicie Sawyer, left, helps Lorelei Rafn, 9, put her car together.

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Three cars race down the track during the "Nerdy Derby" at Imagination Station.

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Volunteer Sans Basnet holds a decorated car.

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Scott Chapman and his niece Lorelei Rafn react to their car falling off the track.

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Chief Scientist Carl Nelson, left, jokes around with a car while being given a cake from Sloan Mann, right, to celebrate his birthday during the "Nerdy Derby" at Imagination Station.

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Sandra Briner, STEMM Education Associate, gets ready to launch a car.

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