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Pinewood Derby Time!
All the details that you'll need about the Pinewood Derby from our Pack Pinewood Derby Director, Jim Henning:
Background:
For those new to the Pack and scouting in general, and as a refresher to those who were having so much fun last year that their memories of the event are hazy, the Pinewood Derby is one of the most fun activities we do as Scouts every year! Building super cool and fast cars with your boys is a great bonding event and lets your kids explore the science behind it as well as lets their imaginations soar with all sorts of cool design ideas! If this is your first year building a PWD car and feel overwhelmed, reach out to us in the pack, or check out Youtube and other sites that can show you a lot of design ideas and strategies. If you can't make the sponsored build events and don't have proper tools, please contact me and I can see what we can do to set you up with the proper resources. Attached are the official rules as well published by the district.
Our racing track is state of the art. It is constructed of space age metal, machined to perfect alignment and has computer assisted time recordings. It tracks all participants, lists best times per den/rank/pack etc. It is pretty awesome. The pack spent nearly $3000 on it just 2 years ago. We'd like to keep using it for many years to come, so please let your children know that it is for racing cars, not little brothers and sisters :).
For those of you that remember the last several years of racing at PoP church, you recall that while we do have a large space to operate out of, it does get crowded and loud. Our pack is even bigger this year, and that is why we decided to break up the ranks by time blocks. The races do tend to go quick, but in cases of technical or scheduling issues, we have plenty of time built in. Families are asked to arrive early enough for their rank's schedule time slot to keep some order in the room and are allowed to leave after their rank's race, but everyone is invited to stay for as long as they like. Please keep in mind that this is a fairly long event, and keeping that many boys entertained and out of trouble is easier when we break it up into more manageable time slots. We are relying on parents and den leaders to make sure the kids have fun while still respecting the church, the volunteers and the track materials.
Siblings:
Siblings are invited to build and race a car as well. They will race after lunch but before the awards are handed out.
Schedule of events:
January 19, 2:00 to 4:00 at Fairfax Ace Hardware, 10310B Main St. Fairfax, VA 22030
January 26th, from 8AM to 2PM, at Sleepy Hollow United Methodist Church in Falls Church sponsored by Boy Scout Troop 855
Feb 8, from 430 PM until 8 PM at Prince of Peace church, Please try to make this registration, any late registrants can push off the start of the race on Saturday. Your child does not have to come to this. This is also a chance to get your official weight so that you can add/subtract weight. Once its entered, the car stays at the church until after the races
Feb 9, 8AM-8:45AM - Late registration. Any time after that the car will not be registered.
Feb 9, 9 AM - 9:30 AM: Lions Race
Feb 9, 9:30 AM - 10 AM: Tigers Race
Feb 9, 10 AM - 10:30 AM: Wolves Race
Feb 9, 10:30 AM - 11 AM: Bears Race
Feb 9, 11 AM - 11:30 AM: Web 1 Race
Feb 9, 11:30AM - 12:00M: AoL Race
Feb 9, 12 PM - 1 PM: Lunch and Judging
Feb 9, 1 PM - 1:30 PM: Finals (for bragging rights)
Feb 9, 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM: Siblings race
Awards Ceremony immediately following the Siblings race.
Clean up will start after awards ceremony and usually takes about 45 minutes, so anyone who can help, we'd appreciated it!
Rules of Engagement:
For sponsored builds:
All events take place on the 2nd floor of Twins Ace Hardware (10310B Main St. Fairfax, VA 22030)
There is no charge for our time, labor or use of our space.
For each car cut, we ask for a minimum $3 donation to Children's National Medical Center. This can be paid individually by parents/guardians or in a lump sum by the Scout Master.
Each child present should have an adult tasked with supervising them.
We are happy to cut your block of wood to your child's specifications the best we can using our band saws.
Please observe our safety lines and keep a safe distance from the saws.
We will provide work tables with paper, pencils, drills, hammers and rulers.
If other materials are needed, we sell a large variety of pine car supplies, from blocks of wood, to decals to small spray paint cans on our first floor.
We do our best to take a "hands off" approach and let the Scouts figure things out themselves whenever appropriate.
These events are held during normal store hours and we ask you keep to the agreed upon times.
For Registration:
Registration will be on Friday, 8 Feb from 1630-2000. We will have a pit crew there to help with any cars that are under/overweight or otherwise need some tweaking. You will enter the church and come to the room where the race will be held. At the front of the room, there will be a table with a volunteer who will weigh and measure your car for official measurements. Once it is accepted, your car will be allowed to go down the track ONE time to make sure that the wheels don't fall off and all that, then it will be placed in a secure environment so that it can't be altered (or dropped or forgotten at home on race day!). Please keep in mind that our engineering team will likely still be setting up and the track is very sensitive (please see above as to the cost of the track and accessories) so please understand that this is not a den meeting or a hang out. Children must be supervised at all times. Last year we had some instances of children jumping over and under the track and knocking it out of alignment. Children will not be allowed near the track while it is being build and in operation.
For Race Day:
The races tend to go fast after the first few run throughs and we shake the cobwebs off. The cars of the rank that is racing will be randomly chosen by the racing software. The cars will be assigned a number at registration and those will be broadcast onto the screen on the wall. Volunteer pit crews will ferry the racing cars to the track official, who will set the cars then initiate the race. the scores will be visible at the end of the track as well as on the wall. The kids love seeing that their cars were travelling so fast! Again, please ensure you are monitoring your children. We can't have them grabbing their cars or stepping near the track. It will be blocked off a bit with caution tape and cones, but we all know how kids can get overly excited. After the races are run, there will be totals shows for that race bracket, with the rankings appearing on the screen. At the last race of the day, the top winners from all ranks will race to see who is the fastest in the pack. Bragging rights will be extended until next year's PWD.
Volunteers needed:
Logistics: Pick up track and accessories and bring to PoP (2)
Engineering: Build track and test it (4)
Registration: weigh, measure, input data, organize cars on intake (2)
Pit Crew (registration) build safety zone around track and help adjust cars that are over/underweight (2)
Pit crew (race day) organize cars by upcoming races, retrieve and funnel cars back up to the racing line (4)
Judges: judge cars for show class (3)
Clean up: pack up track and scout materials, general cleaning, put away chairs and tables
Awards:
This year the pack is taking a different direction for Pack awards. There will be trophies for the Top 3 winners in each RANK. The Bears this year hand made the trophies as part of their "Baloo the Builder" requirement. There will also be 5 trophies for the style awards:
Best Race Car
Best Scout Spirit
Best Military Design
Most Innovative Design
Most Humorous
Districts:
The entry into the districts is distinct from the awards given by the pack. Please read the attached rules for entry to and registration in the district competition. Basically, the Pack can enter one car per den for speed, and 2 cars per den for show. No car can be entered in show and speed, it has to be one or the other. If the pack winner does not want to compete at districts, the next car in line can take the place of that car.
Anyone who wins at the Pack level and would like to go to districts will be welcomed to. The Pack will help with the paperwork, but not cover the registration costs.
Please read the rules about modding cars. They will not be allowed to race.
Here is the link to the Signup Genius. Remember, many hands make light work. Thanks for all that you do!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090944A8AC2DA0FF2-pinewood
YiS,
Jim Henning
Background:
For those new to the Pack and scouting in general, and as a refresher to those who were having so much fun last year that their memories of the event are hazy, the Pinewood Derby is one of the most fun activities we do as Scouts every year! Building super cool and fast cars with your boys is a great bonding event and lets your kids explore the science behind it as well as lets their imaginations soar with all sorts of cool design ideas! If this is your first year building a PWD car and feel overwhelmed, reach out to us in the pack, or check out Youtube and other sites that can show you a lot of design ideas and strategies. If you can't make the sponsored build events and don't have proper tools, please contact me and I can see what we can do to set you up with the proper resources. Attached are the official rules as well published by the district.
Our racing track is state of the art. It is constructed of space age metal, machined to perfect alignment and has computer assisted time recordings. It tracks all participants, lists best times per den/rank/pack etc. It is pretty awesome. The pack spent nearly $3000 on it just 2 years ago. We'd like to keep using it for many years to come, so please let your children know that it is for racing cars, not little brothers and sisters :).
For those of you that remember the last several years of racing at PoP church, you recall that while we do have a large space to operate out of, it does get crowded and loud. Our pack is even bigger this year, and that is why we decided to break up the ranks by time blocks. The races do tend to go quick, but in cases of technical or scheduling issues, we have plenty of time built in. Families are asked to arrive early enough for their rank's schedule time slot to keep some order in the room and are allowed to leave after their rank's race, but everyone is invited to stay for as long as they like. Please keep in mind that this is a fairly long event, and keeping that many boys entertained and out of trouble is easier when we break it up into more manageable time slots. We are relying on parents and den leaders to make sure the kids have fun while still respecting the church, the volunteers and the track materials.
Siblings:
Siblings are invited to build and race a car as well. They will race after lunch but before the awards are handed out.
Schedule of events:
January 19, 2:00 to 4:00 at Fairfax Ace Hardware, 10310B Main St. Fairfax, VA 22030
January 26th, from 8AM to 2PM, at Sleepy Hollow United Methodist Church in Falls Church sponsored by Boy Scout Troop 855
Feb 8, from 430 PM until 8 PM at Prince of Peace church, Please try to make this registration, any late registrants can push off the start of the race on Saturday. Your child does not have to come to this. This is also a chance to get your official weight so that you can add/subtract weight. Once its entered, the car stays at the church until after the races
Feb 9, 8AM-8:45AM - Late registration. Any time after that the car will not be registered.
Feb 9, 9 AM - 9:30 AM: Lions Race
Feb 9, 9:30 AM - 10 AM: Tigers Race
Feb 9, 10 AM - 10:30 AM: Wolves Race
Feb 9, 10:30 AM - 11 AM: Bears Race
Feb 9, 11 AM - 11:30 AM: Web 1 Race
Feb 9, 11:30AM - 12:00M: AoL Race
Feb 9, 12 PM - 1 PM: Lunch and Judging
Feb 9, 1 PM - 1:30 PM: Finals (for bragging rights)
Feb 9, 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM: Siblings race
Awards Ceremony immediately following the Siblings race.
Clean up will start after awards ceremony and usually takes about 45 minutes, so anyone who can help, we'd appreciated it!
Rules of Engagement:
For sponsored builds:
All events take place on the 2nd floor of Twins Ace Hardware (10310B Main St. Fairfax, VA 22030)
There is no charge for our time, labor or use of our space.
For each car cut, we ask for a minimum $3 donation to Children's National Medical Center. This can be paid individually by parents/guardians or in a lump sum by the Scout Master.
Each child present should have an adult tasked with supervising them.
We are happy to cut your block of wood to your child's specifications the best we can using our band saws.
Please observe our safety lines and keep a safe distance from the saws.
We will provide work tables with paper, pencils, drills, hammers and rulers.
If other materials are needed, we sell a large variety of pine car supplies, from blocks of wood, to decals to small spray paint cans on our first floor.
We do our best to take a "hands off" approach and let the Scouts figure things out themselves whenever appropriate.
These events are held during normal store hours and we ask you keep to the agreed upon times.
For Registration:
Registration will be on Friday, 8 Feb from 1630-2000. We will have a pit crew there to help with any cars that are under/overweight or otherwise need some tweaking. You will enter the church and come to the room where the race will be held. At the front of the room, there will be a table with a volunteer who will weigh and measure your car for official measurements. Once it is accepted, your car will be allowed to go down the track ONE time to make sure that the wheels don't fall off and all that, then it will be placed in a secure environment so that it can't be altered (or dropped or forgotten at home on race day!). Please keep in mind that our engineering team will likely still be setting up and the track is very sensitive (please see above as to the cost of the track and accessories) so please understand that this is not a den meeting or a hang out. Children must be supervised at all times. Last year we had some instances of children jumping over and under the track and knocking it out of alignment. Children will not be allowed near the track while it is being build and in operation.
For Race Day:
The races tend to go fast after the first few run throughs and we shake the cobwebs off. The cars of the rank that is racing will be randomly chosen by the racing software. The cars will be assigned a number at registration and those will be broadcast onto the screen on the wall. Volunteer pit crews will ferry the racing cars to the track official, who will set the cars then initiate the race. the scores will be visible at the end of the track as well as on the wall. The kids love seeing that their cars were travelling so fast! Again, please ensure you are monitoring your children. We can't have them grabbing their cars or stepping near the track. It will be blocked off a bit with caution tape and cones, but we all know how kids can get overly excited. After the races are run, there will be totals shows for that race bracket, with the rankings appearing on the screen. At the last race of the day, the top winners from all ranks will race to see who is the fastest in the pack. Bragging rights will be extended until next year's PWD.
Volunteers needed:
Logistics: Pick up track and accessories and bring to PoP (2)
Engineering: Build track and test it (4)
Registration: weigh, measure, input data, organize cars on intake (2)
Pit Crew (registration) build safety zone around track and help adjust cars that are over/underweight (2)
Pit crew (race day) organize cars by upcoming races, retrieve and funnel cars back up to the racing line (4)
Judges: judge cars for show class (3)
Clean up: pack up track and scout materials, general cleaning, put away chairs and tables
Awards:
This year the pack is taking a different direction for Pack awards. There will be trophies for the Top 3 winners in each RANK. The Bears this year hand made the trophies as part of their "Baloo the Builder" requirement. There will also be 5 trophies for the style awards:
Best Race Car
Best Scout Spirit
Best Military Design
Most Innovative Design
Most Humorous
Districts:
The entry into the districts is distinct from the awards given by the pack. Please read the attached rules for entry to and registration in the district competition. Basically, the Pack can enter one car per den for speed, and 2 cars per den for show. No car can be entered in show and speed, it has to be one or the other. If the pack winner does not want to compete at districts, the next car in line can take the place of that car.
Anyone who wins at the Pack level and would like to go to districts will be welcomed to. The Pack will help with the paperwork, but not cover the registration costs.
Please read the rules about modding cars. They will not be allowed to race.
Here is the link to the Signup Genius. Remember, many hands make light work. Thanks for all that you do!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090944A8AC2DA0FF2-pinewood
YiS,
Jim Henning
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