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

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by 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......

He said Sperm Whale , eh he eh he he eh he... (Insert Beavis & Butthead)

Interesting. Bet that smells great 40 years later. I remember my dad using graphite but I also remembering him pour in molten lead too

Originally Posted by 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.

Absolutely, main race and outlaw should be new builds. But a classics race for older cars could be cool. Point is, we have options on figuring this stuff out. If there is enough interest, we'll hammer out the rules.

Originally Posted by Sea Dangles

I'll go topless if you are wearing a blindfold.
I still have the car that Hab painted for me,this car went 16-0 on race day no matter which lane they put it on it won.
I'll be happy to go into details about shimming the axles with wax paper so it tracks straight.
What type of track are you looking at John?

I'm looking at using a 40 foot, 4 lane good quality PVC track. It is a pretty fast track, we have an electric timer and may have automated scoring software by then.

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