Council Pinewood Derby Rules

Monmouth Council
Pinewood Derby 2015
Monmouth Mall Speedway
Registration: by District Pinewood Committee
Race Day: Friday May 8th, 2015
Check-in starts at 6:00pm
Racing Commences at 7:00pm
Race Format:
Preliminary race will be a full field scrambled series of heats. All cars will be raced once
in each of the six lanes of the track. The fastest 3 finishers based on aggregate time in each rank (Tiger,
Wolf, Bear, Webelos1, Webelos2) will advance to the Grand Champion Finals. The preliminary heats will be
randomly generated based on the number of entries. Race schedules will be available before raceday.
Scoring of the races will be based solely on time. Cars that do not pass the finish line will be assigned a
maximum time of 9 seconds. Trophies will be awarded to the fastest 3 finishers of each rank.
The GRAND CHAMPION will be determined in a raceoff. The three fastest winners of each rank advances
to the Grand Champion race. The 15 vehicles will race each other with a clean slate, no times are kept from
the preliminaries, once in each of the lanes. The fastest 3 finishers based on aggregate time will be
awarded trophies as fastest in the Council. The remaining twelve will be awarded trophies as top three of
their rank in the council. All racers will be awarded a patch.
Monmouth Council Rules for Pinewood Derby 2015
CARS
Please review the rules. Obeying the rules avoids the embarrassment of not being allowed to
race. Scouting Encourages good sportsmanship. Unsportsmanlike conduct by a scout or his
family will be cause for disqualification.
Participation: The 2015 Monmouth Council Championship Pinewood Derby is open to the top 3 finishers in
Inspection:
Impound:
each rank from qualifying District Championship races. Scouts must be present to be eligible
for awards. A substitute driver (proxy) from the same Pack may stand in for an absentee
driver. One Scout, one car. A scout cannot represent both his own car and also be a proxy.
Vehicles will be inspected during registration for compliance to all specifications at each
District Championship. Cars that are compliant at a District qualifying race are considered
compliant for the Monmouth Council race. Cars damaged during racing and repaired must pass
Monmouth Council Pinewood Committee inspection. If a vehicle fails inspection, the owner will
be told the reason for failure, and will be given time within the official registration period to
make adjustments. Cars failing inspection may be raced but are ineligible for awards.
Vehicles will be impounded after qualifying District races. After being impounded, repairs will
be limited to the replacement of axles/wheels that are broken/lost during the race. After
impound, only race officials will handle vehicles.
Vehicle Specs
Body:
Width:
Length:
Height:
Clearance:
Wheelbase:
Wheels:
Weight:
Misc:
Lubrication:
Race Redos:
Car
Numbers:
See district rules.
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Cars may be lubricated one time between the end of District racing and the Council Derby. By
the scouts pit crew at the end of district racing, by proxy with a district representative or
between 6:00 and 6:45 at Monmouth Mall after the scout checks in on raceday.
Occasionally a heat needs to be rerun. Cars that jump the track and interfere with other
cars, bad heat times, gate malfunctions, etc. Race reruns will be determined by Monmouth
Council race officials.
Numbers are assigned randomly by the Monmouth Council Pinewood Committee. The vehicle
number (sticker) will be placed on the rear of the vehicle to designate the back.
Monmouth Council Pinewood Derby Championship
Registration Form 2015
The 2015 races have a sponsor so there will be no entrance fee
Cars are to be turned in by one leader from each district. No adjustments to car after submittal.
Volunteers from each district will be recruited before raceday.
Pack:
Contact:
Phone:
E-mail:
Rank
First Place
Second Place
Third Place
Tiger
Wolf
Bear
Web1
Web2
I certify that the scouts listed as rank winners were the champions of our District
race.
Signature / Position
Monmouth Council Invitation to Pinewood Derby 2015
Please review the rules. Obeying the rules avoids the embarrassment of not
being allowed to race. Scouting encourages good sportsmanship.
Unsportsmanlike conduct by a scout or his family may be cause for
disqualification.
Participation: Congratulations Racer. Your Pinewood Derby car is among the fastest of your rank at the
What to
expect from
us:
What we
expect from
racers:
Entry Fee:
Car Handling:
Patches:
Trophies:
Racing
Format:
district races this year. You and your car are invited to join us for Council level racing
where your car will compete with the fastest cars from all four Monmouth Council
districts. This is a high honor as only the fastest 3 cars per rank in each district are
eligible to race at the council event. The Monmouth Council Pinewood Derby
Championships will be held at Monmouth Mall on Friday May 8 th with the first race at 7pm.
The Monmouth Council Pinewood Committee has been tasked with providing a fair and
impartial event where each racer has the same chance at competing. The Committee
have worked hard to ensure a fair and unbiased set of rules for all to use, randomly
generated race schedules and a chance for all racers to race on all lanes of the track.
On raceday, each racer will need to check in at the Race Central table. They will need to
turn in a Media Release Form and will be provided a set of Racer Credentials. Racer
Credentials are used by the racer and his Pit Crew to retrieve a car from the pit area for
lubrication and to collect his car after the races are complete. You must check in to claim
credentials. Racers are expected to be wearing their racing attire (cub scout uniform). To
be eligible for a trophy, the racer needs to be both present and checked in, BEFORE the
end of preliminary racing is complete. If credentials are not picked up we must assume
you are not present. In the event a racer is unavailable on raceday a substitute driver
from his pack may represent him as a proxy. As each racer can only represent once car,
the substitute may not also have a car in the races. Only represented cars will be
advanced to the finals.
This year the council race has a sponsor that will be covering the entry fees. This year this
event has no fee for the scout.
Only race officials will be handling cars for staging and retrieval from the finish line back
to the pit area. A racers pit crew will be asked to repair any car damaged during a race.
Will be given to all race participants. Extra patches will be available for sale at the
Pinewood Derby.
Will be awarded to the fastest 15 cars that advance to the Grand Champion Race.
Trophies will be awarded to the fastest 3 scouts overall. The other 12 racers advancing to
finals will get a trophy as one of the top 3 in their rank. One trophy per racer.
All Council Pinewood racers will compete in a full field preliminary series of races. Cars
racing numbers will be assigned randomly. Each car will compete in preliminaries in 6
races. Each of those races will be in a different lane of the six lane track. These
preliminary heats will be against racers from all the ranks and all the districts, not just
racers within their own rank. Scoring will be based on aggregate time for all 6 heats. On
occasion there may be a need to rerun a race based on the judgment of the Racing Team.
If a race is rerun, the times from the 1 st attempt are not retained. If the same race
requires a rerun only those racers having an issue will be rerun, at the end of the
preliminaries in the lane they were assigned. The times for the other cars in that heat will
be kept. Once preliminaries are complete the aggregate times for each rank will be
collected and the fastest 3 racers in each rank will be advanced to the Grand Champion
Race. Fifteen racers will compete in a Grand Champions Finals. Times from the
Preliminaries will not carry into the Finals. All cars begin the finals with a fresh start on
times. These 15 racers will be awarded trophies for top 3 per rank and top 3 overall.
2015
Monmouth Council Pinewood Derby
Media & Talent Release Form
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permission to use and publish the photographs/film/videotapes/electronic
representations and/or sound recordings made of me (scouts & parents and
family members) and to use information for a press release to the local
media, in Council publications and on the Council and District Facebook
pages. I hereby release the Boy Scouts of America from any and all liability
from such use and publication. I hereby authorize the reproduction, sale,
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