Tips and Other Resources
Some tips for running your race.
- For the initial races, group sizes of 7 or more are better because cars won't race against the same car twice. For this reason, you may want to combine two dens.
- After the first round of racing, expect many ties. Pick the cars with the best (lowest) scores and create a semi-final group. After the semi-final races, take the top 3 (or 4 if 4-lanes) cars and have a quick final race.
- To save time on race-day, have your weigh-in the night before the race.
- To avoid confusion, start numbering cars at 10, and use letters it mark the lanes.
- Most important: Have fun!
Links to other resources:
- Darin McGrew's Derby Page http://www.rahul.net/mcgrew/derby/ has a description of race methods.
- Stan Pope's Pinewood portal http://www.stanpope.net/pwportal.html has many racing resources.
About this web site:
- This page is maintained by Chris Sutton. Contact me at the Email address listed in the spreadsheet.
- A related Google Group is http://groups.google.com/group/pinewood-derby-spreadsheet
- Long ago, this web page was at http://home1.gte.net/chris.sutton/pine.htm.