cool. You're a winner!
this is my first contest too. I've had a couple of bid projects completed with great success and excellent communication with freelancers. love the contest format but still learning it.
for the final variation, i'd like to see a combination of entries 1 and 3.
a) use background image from entry 3 but make it full screen like the background on the first 2 entries
b) make the black bar with checkered flag and speedometer span the full width like in entry 1
c) but leaving the helmet on the right side of the black bar like entries 2 and 3
d) move pictures on white transparent box to left side instead of right side
e) leaving red car on background visible on the right side
so, basically, similar to the winning entry but different background and pictures moved to left instead of right.
i'm guessing you may have to separate the black bar component from the white transparency?
if it's too much trouble, no worries.