Derby Talk

I would also encourage you to "get involved". Maybe it is time to rewrite the rules! It sounds like, in the effort to "make it fair" the rules have morphed into a mish mash. Sometimes it is time to scrap the existing rules and rewrite with strong clear reasons and explanation to ...

My take one the rules are this; if you are you going to race on multiple tracks then you got to match the rules to the series. You don't have a choice. If you are racing your own stand alone race, then make a set of rules that are as simple and straightforward as possible. Spelling out minutiae conf...

Randy, thank you for making this a new topic. I am a little bit rusty on forum protocols. I really did not expect so quick a response, much less such extensive info. Thanks guys! Interleaving was definitely what I was thinking. I have no illusions it will shorten the race by half, but I will be raci...

I have used my name for 20+ years. As a kid I had a Commodore 64 and my character name was StormDragon. When I transitioned to IBM PC Clone in the late 80s we were now limited to 8 characters due to MSDOS naming limitations. So i shortened my name to SirStorm. I found it easy to continue using that ...

Our scouting group is church based and called Pathfinders. Last year we hosted an area wide Pinecar Derby meet that netted 198 entries and 11 clubs. We used a 6 lane Bestrack with a Fasttrack timer- vintage early 2000s. (not my track so not sure exactly of age) Race turned out great and we maxed out...

Thanks for the feature comparison chart, I think that is the only one in existence. Does anyone have recent experience with current models? I'm looking for reliability and consistency information. Can it be assumed all the major brands work equally well, cost and features the only considerations? Th...

Preamble: Our scouting group is church based and called Pathfinders. Last year we hosted an area wide Pinecar Derby meet that netted 198 entries and 11 clubs. We used a 6 lane Bestrack with a Fasttrack timer- vintage early 2000s. (not my track so not sure exactly of age) Race turned out great and we...