Pinewood Derby Anyone?

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY</div><div class="ubbcode-body">So, is this an all age run type of event, or does each kid only race other kids in their age group? How does this all work? I have baseball workouts with Benjamin while Karen takes Danny to Scouts - I can't seem to figure out how to be in 2 places at once....
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In my area the kids run in age groups (Wolf, Bear, Webelos I, II, etc) and the fastest 2 or 3 from each age group in the Pack advanced to a Council Derby later in the year. We also awarded a overall &quot;Pack Champion&quot; based on the fastest time. We used the electronic/computer timing system (Derbymaster I think is the name of the software) so that there was no subjectivity involved in the results

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
- just watched the video, what do the car run into at the end of the track?? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/eek.gif[/img] Doesn't that impact knock out some alignment, or knock some weights loose? </div></div>

Our track had about a 2-3' section at the end where the center part was raised and had sandpaper attached to it to slow the cars down before they hit a large block of foam to stop them - but yes, occasionally there are casualties.

Jake