Hi Scouts! Hi Scout Parents!
The Pinewood Derby for Arlington Cub Scout Pack 313 will be held Saturday February 2th, 2013. Five winners; one from each Rank will move on to the District PWD Race, please see the attached District Rules and Regulations which also apply to the Pack 313 race.
The basic specifications for the racecars are printed on the instruction sheet inside all of the BSA Pinewood Derby Racecar boxes (“Official Grand Prix Pinewood Derby Kit”).
This year’s schedule will be similar to last year’s due to the increasing size of the pack (we have nearly 70 scouts registered this year). The idea is to stagger the arrival and check-in process to make it more fun for all.
We have seven classes of races: Tigers, Wolves, Bears, Webelos I, Webelos II, Family & Friends, Masters.
The plan is to run the Friends & Family race (i.e., for siblings, family friends) and the Master’s Race (for adults who are serious about the competition) in the middle of the other racing (i.e., after the Wolves, and before the Bears). Otherwise the racing is happening as “youngest scouts first” and “older scouts later”. Awards are presented after the race for that class is complete.
Racers may leave and take their car after their class is complete. They are also invited to stay and watch if they like (the more the merrier)!
Please bring lunch for you and your family if the schedule has you there during your lunch hour. We’ll make sure that there are tables in the hall set aside for those that need them (Please clean up after yourself).
Once your car passes registration, it may not be touched or handled by anyone except race officials. During the actual race, the person that owns the car will be responsible for returning the car from the bottom of the track to the top of the track. (And they get front-line-seats during the race as well!)
SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY FEB 2nd, 2013
8:30 – 9:00 – Workers arrive to setup
10:00 – 10:45 – Registration for Tigers and Wolves
11:00 – 12:00 – Racing of Tiger and Wolf classes
11:30 – 12:15 – Registration for ALL OTHER CLASSES
12:30 – 2:00 – Racing for ALL OTHER CLASSES
Racing in the first section will be Tigers, then Wolves in that order.
Racing in the second section will be Friends & Family, Masters, Bears, Webelos I and Webelos II, in that order .
We expect to be done racing around 2:00 or 2:30.
After the formal racing is complete, we’ll have “open racing” till 3:00 and then cleanup starts. “Open Racing” means that the racers can line up and race their cars as many times as they want in whatever combination they want (friends racing against each other).
We still need three or four more volunteers. Please call me or send me email if you are willing to volunteer. We are short in all areas (setup, awards, and cleanup). Please volunteer – we need your help to make something like this run smoothly.
If you have any questions, please feel free to drop me an email.
Side Note, Christian Klein said he would bring the rope making machine for those scouts that didn’t have the opportunity to do it at the last Pack Meeting.
