Ke^in

He did most ALL of the work on this thing. And got 3rd place to boot. That's 3rd out of 40+ cars.

The only thing I did was take a portable power drill and got a polishing bit and polished the nails that are used as axles etc. Polished the insides of the wheels too. It was perfectly legal. I am really proud of him for being such a good sport too. The guy that beat him, that took him out of the competition had a parent that was being a jerk. The race was close. VERY close. When the race was over the winner's dad said "YEAH.. WAY TO KICK HIS BUTT!!1" Of course my mother had to say "It was far too close to have been called a butt kick" The kids however were acting more mature than the adults. James, my son, went up to the kid and gave him a high five and congratulated him on winning. Made me extremely proud.

He did get a nifty trophy and ribbon. His first he has ever got.

1989k1500

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haha, nice!

TurdsOfMayhem

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I remember doing the pinewood derbys. I still have all my cars in fact. LOL
Looks pretty sweet, I don't remember them having such a long wheel base though?

I recall some parents acting like dumb ***** too at the event(s).

snoops

Glad to hear your son was more of a man than the other kids dad!!

I8AFORD

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Cool pics and write up
I seems parents r liveing ther lives thru ther kids now a days
with it's sports or what ever. It's getting out of hand and very sad

92builtbird

Awesome! I still have mine stowed away somewhere.

justin455

Did he win any space cash for this?

Demonicbird00

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very nice congrats, im 28 and still have my derby car from 15 yrs ago. i wish i could still race it...

mine is similar but mine was silver and i rubbed powder grafite over it.

i guess he'll be moving on to districts then?

-brandon

Juicy J

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Pinewood was always fun. It was really the only reason I stayed in boy scouts until the 5th grade. I still have my pinewoods, and a few trophies from district. It was a good time. I really enjoyed spending the time with my dad making the cars.

Juicy J

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I think using graphite, shaving the wheels, and all the other tricks are against the rules these days.

Demonicbird00

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we werent allowed to alter the wheels or anything, it has to be stock length/width just shape it how you wanted and place the weight where you wanted

kevin... is the max weight still 8oz?

Demonicbird00

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http://www.pinewoodpro.com/pinewood-...cars-rules.htm

smok'nZ

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you should have sanded the wheels some it helped me on my cars i also got to do alot of test runs

fastfox

nice little ride there he got.

LT1-Camo

very nice..man i loved doing those pinewood derbys when i was younger!

Ke^in

I thought so as well. I've always taught him that it was just all fun and games. The fun part was playing, not winning. Having said that, 3rd out of that many cars isn't bad.

Yup.. the dreaded "Mall" races.

Using graphite, legal. Shaving the wheels to reduce rotational mass = illegal. We had a set of parents this year that kept trying to get pass inspection with shaved wheels. After about the 4th run through inspections, the mother said "Fine! We just wont run in THIS race!" as if it was hurting the group. I was embarrassed for the kid. He didn't even do shiz to his car. His dad obviously made it. There are some parents out there teaching their kids bad habits. That's for sure.

Juicy J

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Hmmm. I figured the rules were the same for all of boyscouts, but maybe they differ by districts.

I was giving a lady I work with some tips on how to make a fast pinewood car with her son. She told me that graphite was illegal these days.

I guess they felt like it wasn't fair for the kids who weren't using graphite. The graphite cars are ALOT quicker.

Ke^in

No one is stopping those that didn't use it. Graphite isn't expensive. There are people on the net that sell "winning" cars that go from $200+ so their kid can "win" One of the two guys that did that this year got pissed cause his kid got 2nd. The other one of the two got 1st. Lame.

LS1Tuner_06

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I think it is a lot more fun and cool when you do it with your parents. I remember when I built mine with my dad. I loved it. I didn't care I lost or won

Juicy J

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Don't get me wrong, I absolutely agree with you. But, you know how people are these days. Some people don't put in the extra effort and go to the hobby stores to buy the graphite. Others don't put in the time to shave the wheels. Then they come back whining because they didn't win, so the rules have to changed.

The only thing that should be regulated is the weight, and dimensions. Any rules beyond that are stupid in my opinion.