2011 Pinewood Derby® National Championships Run Down

When: August 20th

 

Cost:  $15 per car or a flat rate of $75 for up to 10 cars.  MAKE SURE AND ENCLOSE RETURN SHIPPING COST!

 

5 Classes to choose from:

Pure Stock

Stock

Modified

Needle

Super Pro Modified

Lots of great prizes!!! 

Trophies given to the top 3 in each class and to the overall National Champion!

 

Proxy cars are welcome!  All proxy cars must be received by August 19th

 

Racing format:

The 2011 Pinewood Derby® National Championship race will be held on a 3 lane 42' custom Best Track with 80" of divided stopping section for the safety of the cars.  The track will be Edge Equipped with the ESS by Jewkes Engineering to ensure fair consistent starts for accurate times.

The racing format will be a timed 3 run average for the preliminaries.  Depending on the number of entries per class racers will qualify for the finals.

1 to 10 racers- 3 qualify for finals

11 to 20 racers- 6 qualify for finals

21 to 30 racers- 9 qualify for finals

31+ racers- 12 qualify for finals

Finals will run a double elimination format to determine the winner.

*Before the finals all proxy cars and live racers WILL have their wheels cleaned to make the playing field as level as possible.

*Derby Master software will run the race.

 

Schedule of events:

 

Thursday August 18th:

Open track time from 5:00pm until 9:00pm

 

Friday 19th:

11:00am - 4:00pm Open Track Time

5:00 Shop Closes!

 

Saturday 20th:

9:00am - Tech in begins with racing to start immediately after cars are teched in.

Racing class order:

UDATED!!! Stock, Modified, Needle, Pure Stock, Super Pro Modified