Y-Guides 500
(Pinewood Derby)
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2009 Y-Guides 500 (Pinewood Derby) |
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The Powerpoint we presented at the Y-Guides Meeting.
The Rules sent out by the Y-Guides committee.
 We're going to build at least 3 cars, most likely 5 cars. (We like a challenge!) We'll try different things with each and enter the fastest one. |
 One box opened. This is the "Before" picture :) |
 Our first 3 cars cut out. We had a "Pinewood Derby Workshop" in our garage last weekend so everyone could use our tools and at least have the rough cut cars to take home... |
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 We placed Tungsten weights in routed out cups in the bottom, and then poured epoxy in to hold it all together. |
 Even though it is clear and looks wet, you can see that it's cured and hard as a rock! |
  Mixing up Bondo -It stinks :) |
 More Bondo Mixing. (Kevin, Ryan, Jared) |
 Bondo covering the holes. |
 Matthew looking like Bob the Builder! |
 And again! |
 My friend Chris (Jared's Dad) working away... |
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 We got this scale to help us get the cars as close to 5oz as possible. |
 This is a reference 5oz weight - used to check the accuracy and to calibrate. |
 Car # 1 - 4.94 oz with wheels and axles. |
 Car # 2 - 4.89 oz oz with wheels and axles. |
 Car # 3 - 4.94 oz with wheels and axles. |
 We bought a bunch of spare wheels and axles so we could get matched sets and have the straightest possible axles. |
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 Paints! |
 All 5 cars! We didn't get to take any build pics of the final 2. |
 Matthew picked red, Ryan picked blue, and the chrome, gold, and green are "shared cars" :) |
 Another angle - Man are these going to look good! At this point, they only have a primer coat and 1 coat of their base color - They'll get at least another coat of the base color and a gloss coat. |
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 Polishing axles... |
 More polishing. |
 Getting polish on the buffer. |
 Applying it to the axle. |
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 Race Day! A look at the cars... |
 More cars! |
 Even More Cars! |
 TONS of cars! |
 Another shot... |
 Last one before race time! |
 What it looked like when you won a race. |
 The best 6 from each track went to finals. |
 The 12 cars that went to finals. |
 Another shot of the 12. |
 The final score!!! We never lost a race! Ryan went home with 3 Blue ribbons and the Grand Champion Trophy!!! It was AWESOME!!! |
 The look says it all! |
 We set the bar high for next year! |
 Y-Guides 500 ROCKS!!! |
 Go Team Cookboys!!! |
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Click HERE for a video. The video starts off with a shot of our car winning a race, (It's the green one in the lane closest to you) and ends with Ryan getting the Grand Champion Trophy. |
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The Rules:
Official Rules
Y-Guides 500 Additions:
Y-Guides 500 Rules
ALL CARS
MUST
PASS INSPECTION TO QUALIFY FOR THE RACE
Inspection Points
Car registration number must be on
top of car.
Car weight shall not exceed 5.0 ounces. The official race scale shall be
considered final. Car will be checked for weight before each race in
staging area.
Overall length of the car shall not exceed 7 inches.
Overall width of the car shall not exceed 2 ¾ inches.
Car must have 1 ¾" clearance between the wheels.
Car must have 3/8" clearance underneath the body.
Wood provided in the kit must be
used. The block may be shaped any way that is desired.
Wheels supplied with the kit must be used. Wheels must retain original shape.
Axles supplied with the kit must be used. They may be polished or lubricated.
Wheel bearings, washers or bushings are prohibited.
Car must not ride on any type of springs.
Car must be freewheeling, with no starting devices.
No loose material of any kind, such as lead shot, may be used.
Car body may have no moving parts.
Details such as the steering wheel, driver, decals, painting, and interior
detail are permissible as long as these details do not exceed the maximum
length, width, and weight specifications.
Only dry lubricants such as graphite or powdered Teflon "white lube" will be
allowed for lubricating the wheels.
Car kits must be Official Pinewood Derby kits from The Boy Scouts.
Each car must pass inspection by the official inspection committee before it will be allowed to compete.
The Inspection Committee has the responsibility to disqualify those cars that do not meet these specifications.
Race Points
Only one car may be registered by
any racer.
Racers must be accompanied by Dad or stand-in.
Racers will be called to staging area 5 minutes before their race. If a
racer is not ready at the time of the race, then that racer will forfeit that
race.
If, during a race, a car leaves the track without interfering with its opponent,
it shall be considered to have ended its heat at that point and will be given a
time of 4.3 seconds.
If a car leaves its lane, at his sole discretion, the track chairman may inspect
the track and, if a track fault is found which probably caused the initial
violation, the track chairman may order the race for that car to be rerun after
the track is repaired.
If, during a race, no car reaches the finish line on the track, the car which
went the farthest in its lane shall be declared as the heat winner with 4.1
seconds time. Second farthest car will get second place with 4.2 seconds time
and the third farthest car will get third place with 4.3 seconds time.
If, during a race, a car leaves its lane and, in so doing, interferes with
another racer, then the car at fault shall be declared to have lost the race
heat.
If a racer drops the car on the way from the staging area to the track, the
racer may either race that race or opt to repair the car to race at another time
on the assigned lane for that race.
The decision of the track chairman is final.
If something happens of which the track chairman is not aware, then the track chairman may be told of the problem.
No arguing is allowed.
There are no protests.
Arguing results in instant dismissal from racing and all prior wins will be forfeited.