Celebrity Time Trials at 5:00 p.m.
Duck Race at 6:00 p.m. ~ SummerFest Sunday, August 12, 2001
On the River in Memorial Park, St. Marys, Ohio

First Place Prize! DUCK RACE Ticket Information: FIVE BUCKS EACH. Before August 10, DUCK RACE tickets are available at... Larry Schaaf Auto Sales Inc., (1525 Celina Rd., St. Marys, Ohio), B & K Body and Paint Shop (406 Derrick Street, St. Marys, Ohio), Friendly Tavern (115 South Main Street, St. Marys, Ohio), C & C Loft & Lounge (223 East Spring Street, St. Marys, Ohio), Miller Cafe (233 East Spring Street, St. Marys, Ohio), Duffy's Lounge (1321 Celina Road, St. Marys, Ohio), Big Bear Store (1550 Celina Road, St. Marys, Ohio), Chief Supermarket (1220 Indiana Avenue, St. Marys, Ohio), K.C. Geiger Park Concession Stand, Order Tickets Online, or CLICK HERE to email the Duck Race Committee. Aug. 10-12, tickets will be sold at the St. Marys SummerFest in the bright yellow Duck Booth in Memorial Park. QUACK! (Good Luck!)

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Duck Race Records Set in 2000:

$10,962 in Ca$h & Prizes.

Our Annual Goal is to improve on last year's numbers.

Duck Race Records Set in 1999:

2238 Tickets Sold. ~ 107 Prizes ~ $10,759 in Ca$h & Prizes. ~ $11,190 for K.C. Geiger Park.

Our Annual Goal is to improve on last year's numbers.

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Duck Race Records Set in 1998:

2081 Tickets Sold. ~ 42 Prizes ~ $8383 in Ca$h & Prizes. ~ $10,405 for K.C. Geiger Park.

Our Annual Goal is to improve on last year's numbers.

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What is a DUCK RACE?

(You could read the Rules, but I'm warning you...)

At 6:00 p.m. sharp the gate is raised... and they're off!

Hundreds of thousands - well, hundreds, anyway (2,016 in 1999) - of numbered rubber ducks (one for each $5 ticket sold) are released on the St. Marys River as the nearby Memorial Park Clock Bell Tower strikes 6 o'clock. The unpredictable current carries the yellow rubber ducks 1/2 a furlong - about 120 yards - downstream at speeds measured in the tenths of a mile/hour.

The ducks float on the lazy current of the St. Marys River.

Hundreds of thousands - well, thousands, anyway (no kidding) - of race fans come to the riverbank to watch the spectacle. Throwing stuff at the ducks or at the DUCK RACE officials in the water is considered bad form, and will draw stern rebukes from the knowledgeable fans (and especially from the DUCK RACE officials).

The Official Duck Race Officials await the winners...

The ducks approach the finish line to qualify for prizes (over $10,000 in cash and merchandise again in 2000). DUCK RACE officials in the yellow shirts and hats place the winners into the chute immediately. This year, the First Place Prize is a 1992 Chevy S-10 Blazer 4x4, sponsored by Larry Schaaf Auto Sales, Inc., featuring a custom package provided by B & K Body Shop.

Memorial Park Clock Tower, St. Marys, Ohio

The annual DUCK RACE takes place on Sunday during the St. Marys SummerFest, the second weekend of August each year. All proceeds benefit K.C. Geiger Park, a beautiful local public facility. The eight DUCK RACEs run to date have generated more than $55,000 for the K.C. Geiger Park Improvement Committee, a private, non-profit organization. Your donations, including the purchase of DUCK RACE tickets, are tax-deductible. All funds are administered through the St. Marys Community Foundation. 1997 was the first year for the DUCK RACE to be on the internet. Learn more DR trivia in the Duck Race Archives.

What's a "Lucky Duck?" Corporate sponsors of specially colored ducks donate $20, $50, $100 or $200 cash prizes. The next numbered duck to follow a "Lucky Duck" across the finish line wins the prize donated by that "Lucky Duck's" sponsor. What's the "Lame Duck Award?" The K.C. Geiger Park Improvement Committee sponsors one prize in each year's Duck Race, the Lame Duck Award. The Race Entrant which finishes dead last at the finish line (the "Lame Duck") wins $100 in cash for its owner, just because.

The Annual K.C. Geiger Park Improvement Committee St. Marys River SummerFest Duck Race is a fund-raising activity of (surprise!) the K.C. Geiger Park Improvement Committee, which is a non-profit organization. All proceeds from this EVENT and other Committee functions are administered through the St. Marys Community Foundation. All donations are tax-deductible. Race Entrant Owner chances of winning depends on how many prizes are donated and how many tickets are sold. EVENT Officials are not required by law to inform the public that buying twice as many tickets doubles the chances of winning.

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