2010 Pinewood Derby

How much: $0! This is one of the activities covered in your program fee.
Who: The whole family is invited
Where: View Ridge Elementary School- 7047 50th Ave NE
When: Sunday Mach 21st from 9am – 5pm (see specific heat times below)

Kindergarten

• 9:00 – 9:30 Weigh-in & registration

• 9:30 – 11:00 Racing & Awards

First Grade

• 11:00 – 11:30 Weigh-in & registration

• 11:30 – 1:00 Racing & Awards

Second Grade

• 1:00 – 1:30 Weigh-in & registration

• 1:30 – 3:00 Racing & Awards

Third Grade

• 3:00 – 3:30 Weigh-in & registration

• 3:30 – 5:00 Racing & Awards

2008 Pinewood Derby
Clockwise from upper left: a close finish, the new track, anxious spectators (top),
3pm series 1st & 2nd place Kristjana Harder & Cole Altig (bottom), 9am series 1st place Erika Harder

            

2007 Winners

11am Series

First Place - Emerson McMullen, Jim Hawkins Circle, 207.5 mph

Second Place - Chance McArthur, Unknown Circle, 206.1 mph

Third Place - Lauren DiJulio, Firework Doggies, 205.4 mph

1pm Series

First Place - Clayton Elwell, Scorpion Hunters, 203.1 mph

Second Place - Ben Sikora, Scorpion Hunters, 203.1 mph

Third Place - Eleanor Baker, Rainbow Rockets, 200.0 mph

3pm Series

First Place - Kristjana Harder, Sugar Bears, 205.8 mph

Second Place - Cole Altig, Cobras, 204.8 mph

Third Place - Tommy Gibbons, Tigers, 204.5 mph

Full 2008 Results

Click HERE for full results

Rules

2008 Rules - Click HERE

Construction Tips

• Reduce the width of the body to fit the axles, with both the wheels and the end-caps on, as one of the very first steps.  Otherwise you end up carving really ugly ‘wheel wells’ at the last minute to allow the wheels to turn, after you try to put on the axles in the final step and realize they don’t fit. 

• Make sure the axle slots are wide enough to fit the axles as one of the first steps, while you are still dealing with a square block of wood that is easy to drill out vs. a curvy racecar.

• Make sure the car is exactly on weight, before you get to registration.  A digital kitchen scale works well.  You can get weight kits up at American Eagle hobby store at about 125^th and Lake City Way.

• Use lots of graphite on the wheels just before the race.

Have other tips?  Send them to the webmaster for posting.