Derby Talk

The cat looks thoroughly impressed . If you get a chance, a pic of the underside and/or how you joined the sections together would be great. Well done!

Great idea, thanks for the link. Too often, the point of the Awana Grand Prix is missed, it's an outreach tool specifically geared towards dads and men. that's why it was created and it's nice to see it coming around again.

First off, it's great that your son has that kind of heart. Encourage it by all means. As far as the PWD stuff, the million dollar question is what's your budget for the track? I would think that an 8 lane track for that many kids really isn't necessary and you could do with a 4 lane and still have ...

Another shameless bump. I just checked out their site again, and there are new photos posted on their site. The connecting screws, apparently, have been removed from the "running" portion of the track and have been replaced with a washer assembly in the middle of the lanes (where the wheel...

Hey all. I'm also an O Gauge train nut and I recently came across this website that also sells pinewood derby car decals.

http://www.microscale.com/

I didn't see it listed in the merchant's corner, so I'm not sure if it's been mentioned before. FYI.

Hey guys, i just wanted to bump this thread to see if anyone has actually put their hands on this track. Pro's, con's, reviews......anything????

For this event, there were 2 age groups. Sparks, which I think is somewhere in the 6-8 year old range and TNT's, which I believe is in the 8-11 range. I could be wrong about those ages, but they are close. There were about 15-20 cars in each class and the 2 classes never raced against each other. Ea...

Howdy all, first post here so go easy on me. My daughter was given an Awana kit for her first Awana Grand Prix. One look at that kit and I was hooked. All the Boy Scout memories of me and my dad building cars came back to me. I got on the internet, found this forum, and studied diligently. First ord...