Winter Programming: S-B Pinewood Derby Race - Relive your youth.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by blondterror

I will bring 2 cars I helped my son build about 10 yrs ago. He had 4 yrs of PD and made some great cars.

The Silver Streak won every race it ran and the gator car was very fast too. Its all about the axels, wheels, wt location, total wt, and running on 3 wheels

We'll work on the rules for clarification (plenty of time) but stock class will probably be common BSA rules - all 4 wheels touching, no grooved axles, no lightened wheels (some sanding is fine), but unlimited would allow significant tweaks, and maybe a class for those old racers - Nice cars.

Originally Posted by striperman36

It would cost more than a 10 buck entry fee.

My son's from last year (no, he did most of the work).

[Slipknot]

Originally Posted by Clammer

You all are F #^&#^&#^&#^&#^& nuts or getting old real f #^&#^&#^&#^&#^& quick ..............................I think it would alot more fun to have a blindfold / tittie testing contest ><><><><><

I'm in if you are supplying the talent

[Raven]

LOL ..... ORIGINAL i must say

days of OLD

[TheSpecialist]

Originally Posted by Clammer

You all are F #^&#^&#^&#^&#^& nuts or getting old real f #^&#^&#^&#^&#^& quick ..............................I think it would alot more fun to have a blindfold / tittie testing contest ><><><><><

We could have hot chicks at the finish line ala NASCAR

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by quick decision

Is this somethinhg we would bring our kids to or just adults?

Yep. I think we should have a kids race too.

Originally Posted by blondterror

I'm in... Modified Class

Originally Posted by TheSpecialist

We could have hot chicks at the finish line ala NASCAR

If someone could find them, it would be you.

[Striperknight]

Originally Posted by blondterror

I will bring 2 cars I helped my son build about 10 yrs ago. He had 4 yrs of PD and made some great cars.

The Silver Streak won every race it ran and the gator car was very fast too. Its all about the axels, wheels, wt location, total wt, and running on 3 wheels

Those cars would not pass down here. All 4 wheels must touch and
you can extend the wheels more than the measurements in the kit.
There was a big fight so we have 3 pages of rules.

One of my son's cars before the wheels

[blondterror]

Our troop allowed use of axel locations extended out on the body. The wheels were trued & polished on a mandrel and the axels polished on a drill press. Std graphite lubrication. Those slots in the body are often not true and many kids cars self destruct over several runs with axels falling out of the slots.

Axel holes made with drill press so they were dead on. Some weight is far back in the car... car still has to track straight to be fast... more stored kinetic energy since the start is on an incline... cars with more weight in the rear 1/2 of the car accelerate past other cars as they hit the flat part of the track.

The unlimited class will be a kick... I've still got plenty of other unmentioned tricks in my tank.

Some plug shops will turn into speed shops the 2 wks before the "Derby"


BT

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by blondterror

Our troop allowed use of axel locations extended out on the body. The wheels were trued & polished on a mandrel and the axels polished on a drill press. Std graphite lubrication. Those slots in the body are often not true and many kids cars self destruct over several runs with axels falling out of the slots.

Axel holes made with drill press so they were dead on. Some weight is far back in the car... car still has to track straight to be fast... more stored kinetic energy since the start is on an incline... cars with more weight in the rear 1/2 of the car accelerate past other cars as they hit the flat part of the track.

The unlimited class will be a kick... I've still got plenty of other unmentioned tricks in my tank.

Some plug shops will turn into speed shops the 2 wks before the "Derby"


BT

Might need to have a kids class too.

"Some plug shops will turn into speed shops the 2 wks before the "Derby""

[beamie]

I still may have 3 of my cars around from the 70's. One of them won the grand championship in my area. Then went onto the regionals and lost.

I remember my dad lubricating the wheels with sperm whale oil whick I still have a bottle of. Apparently this oil never sticks to avoid that initial start. Watch makers use to use it. Don't know if it helped but those were some fun days......

[The Dad Fisherman]

I think if you want to race a car....you need to build a car, fresh this season.....not re-use em. Thats part of the fun.

[Ryan560]

Thanks John, these where from 1987-90'

[quick decision]

Is this somethinhg we would bring our kids to or just adults?

[blondterror]

I'm in... Modified Class

[striperman36]

Well?

[JohnR]

Still need more "I'm In" before I go and rent a hall and kick off the next level of discussion / planning.

[Slips'son]

i'm in too. i hope to have fun.

[JohnR]

Bump for more love - If we are going to do this, we'll need more people signing up.

What do people think of doing this earlier on the same day as TFCTFN?

[striperman36]

Originally Posted by JohnR

Bump for more love - If we are going to do this, we'll need more people signing up.

What do people think of doing this earlier on the same day as TFCTFN?

I'm in

[The Dad Fisherman]

You could also do it as the Entertainment for TFCTFN too as an option.....Start it a little earlier in the evening....maybe a 5 PM start.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

You could also do it as the Entertainment for TFCTFN too as an option.....Start it a little earlier in the evening....maybe a 5 PM start.

Too Painful to Contemplate.

[striperman36]

That's a good name!! A combined event, that way we could have some 'entertainment' as flagpeople

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by striperman36

That's a good name!! A combined event, that way we could have some 'entertainment' as flagpeople

Not combined, no way (the horror ). That would be bad. Same day, possibility due to hall combining but that would just be an advantage, not a decision point.

[striperman36]

Originally Posted by JohnR

Not combined, no way (the horror ). That would be bad. Same day, possibility due to hall combining but that would just be an advantage, not a decision point.

Maybe horror for you, good for attendance. No drinks within 5 feet of the track though.

[Hookedagain]

My son wants to enter his car from this years derby. If its the same day as TCTFN we're out, my niece is getting married.