2008 Battlefield District Cubmobile Race
Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 9:14 pm
The Battlefield District of the Heart of Virginia Council held its first race in years (I think 2002 was the last) this past weekend. All the Cubs had a great time and a new batch of leaders and parents are getting the hang of organizing this event again. I have posted pictures of the event on Photobucket:
http://s244.photobucket.com/albums/gg24 ... Cubmobile/
This was the first event in our area to use electronic timing instead of a match racing format. We used the new Judge Cubmobile timer ( serial # 001) made by John Sheffler. The timer worked really well. I would recommend this to everyone. The Cubs really liked being able to measure their speed against the speeds of previous passes down the track.
My son's car in the two-tone blue car that is a tradiitonal design. Most of the cars in our District are a modified design that look more like dragster than the BSA design. These modified designs were more stable at higher speeds. All of the cars run in this event this year had been used for many years except for 2 (ours and the unpainted traditional model). I had not initially expected to see cars used year after year. I guess this due our only having only PWD, Raingutter Regatta and Space Derby experience where the entries have to built new every year. My son came in 2nd fastest among Bears and 3rd fastest overall. We were quite happy to beat so many cars that had campaigned for years.
rdlongsc
http://s244.photobucket.com/albums/gg24 ... Cubmobile/
This was the first event in our area to use electronic timing instead of a match racing format. We used the new Judge Cubmobile timer ( serial # 001) made by John Sheffler. The timer worked really well. I would recommend this to everyone. The Cubs really liked being able to measure their speed against the speeds of previous passes down the track.
My son's car in the two-tone blue car that is a tradiitonal design. Most of the cars in our District are a modified design that look more like dragster than the BSA design. These modified designs were more stable at higher speeds. All of the cars run in this event this year had been used for many years except for 2 (ours and the unpainted traditional model). I had not initially expected to see cars used year after year. I guess this due our only having only PWD, Raingutter Regatta and Space Derby experience where the entries have to built new every year. My son came in 2nd fastest among Bears and 3rd fastest overall. We were quite happy to beat so many cars that had campaigned for years.
rdlongsc