In our daring trials we challenged each other to see whose mouse trap car could travel 5 meters the fastest and look the best, for an award of three extra credit points. The class was given 3 opportunities to see just exactly what their car was capable of. The winner was the vehicle that obtained the least time in any of the three runs. Once all of the teams had built their cars to the best of their ability, they all lined up on the sides of the hallways to witness what was to come. Each team had their chance to prove themselves, to back up all the bragging that they had been doing all week preceding. Once each team was either satisfied with their run, or had used up all their opportunities to go 5 meters, the race was over. The person whose car went the fastest (Xu) received 5 extra credit points. The second place winners (US!) were awarded a total of 4 extra credit points, and the 3rd place winners were awarded 3 extra credit points.