Derby Talk

Darin McGrew

The challenge is to make it to the Finish line but be last in doing so. Absolutely. The most extreme "slow car" would be one with the wheels glued in place. It won't leave the start gate when the pin drops. But it also won't cross the finish line, which is usually a requirement for "slow car" compe...

Darin McGrew

When we built a new track, we kept a section of the old track specifically to check the cars on registration night. We set it up on a table with one end slightly raised, and encourage the kids to make sure their car will roll down that test section of track before they check them in. But the change ...

Darin McGrew

I cut my daughter's car and it weights 2.5 oz. i need help with placing of weights. the design she picked was this. http://i.imgur.com/UwZzP7c.jpg Where is a good place to place weights. I'm guessing that she's planning to run it with the left end as the front, and the right end as the back. If you...

Darin McGrew

My experience with Krytox is that the spin test doesn't last as long as with graphite, but on the track, under load, the cars are at least as fast as with graphite. Plus, it's a lot less messy to have Krytox at our workshops than graphite (which always left a big black mess). But I'm more experience...

Darin McGrew

That's a nice analysis of Points vs Times. Thanks for including it!

Darin McGrew

Without examining the track, all I can say is that there's something different about that lane that causes the cars to jump. If you can't figure out what it is by watching cars jump, then maybe you could video a car jumping and watch in slow motion.

Darin McGrew

Is the CSB stockar the same in kit type to the CSB Shape N Race kit with the ears and all! Or is this just a name brand Change to there kit? My understanding is that StocKar Derby is the new trademark owned by CSB, replacing the old Shape N Race Derby trademark, which was apparently owned by the ac...

Darin McGrew

The parts are the StocKar kits. (Not sure what I think of these wheels...I guess they're a step up from the old SNR wheels). We haven't had a derby since CSB switched from Shape N Race to StocKar, and the elementary age program at our church is now Awana, rather than CSB and/or Pioneer Clubs, so if...

Darin McGrew

I find it interesting that they're still using the old Shape N Race Derby name rather than the new StocKar Derby name. Presumably, they're getting their kits from the Shape N Race company rather than from CSB Ministries.

Darin McGrew

Darin McGrew

I hope that you find this information useful. If you have a unique way of judging cars for design awards, please share your method with me. We used to have judges rate cars in various attributes (e.g., creativity, detail, craftsmanship, etc.) and then we'd sum the scores to get a car's total score....

Darin McGrew

This is so cool! Thanks for sharing!

Darin McGrew

Zebracar wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 19, 2019 4:01 pm
My question is this. Does anyone have any ideas how to stream line the voting process.

We've always had independent judges choose the award recipients sometime between registration and the race itself.

Darin McGrew

Looking good!

And I can definitely sympathize with the need to rebuild a car to get it to comply with the rules so it can race.

Darin McGrew

gpraceman wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 09, 2019 1:06 am
Very poor rule. It penalizes novice racers. Slap 4 wheels on a car and invariably one will not touch. We should make it easier for novice racers to build a car, not harder.

AMEN!

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