2022 WHITE OAK DISTRICT PINEWOOD DERBY

PARTICIPANTS, START YOUR ENGINES!!!!!

The White Oak District will run a virtual Pinewood Derby on 3/26 & 3/27, 2022. If your Pack has NOT run a derby, we will run a Pack Pinewood Derby for you and advance your winners into the WOD Derby.

THE PINEWOOD DERBY 2022 WILL BE A VIRTUAL EVENT +++NO ONE+++ except designated personnel will be allowed at the race location.

Co-Chairmen for this event with be Josh and Melinda McNally.

   Josh: jmcnally492@gmail.com; 301-332-1707.

   Melinda: mjmcnally5@gmail.com

FOR “YOUR” PACK RACE - We will run all cars that you deliver from your Pack for the Pack Level race.

AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL - Every Pack may enter one car at each rank level: Lion; Tiger; Wolf; Bear; WEBELOS; Arrow of Light; ONE Show car for the whole pack; ONE: Adult; ONE Cub Scout-aged-Sibling; ONE Den Chief. <<A Maximum TOTAL of TEN Cars per Pack>>

CAR DELIVERY PROCESS - NOTE--DATES AND TIMES: ALL cars must be delivered at one time and in ONE box on Saturday 3/19 or Sunday 3/20 between the hours of 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM.

   The box shall be clearly marked with the Pack Number on the outside and must include the Pack Point of Contact information on a piece of paper inside the box: NAME; PHONE NUMBER; EMAIL ADDRESS.

    Every car should be checked by the Pack to ensure it meets the weight and size requirements, as well as the rules specified in the 2022 PWD Builders Guide that may be downloaded from this registration page.

   EVERY car needs to be INDIVIDUALLY packaged: carefully padded (paper, a few grocery style plastic bags, or bubble wrap) and placed in a Ziplock style bag along with the following form: Click here to download the 2022 White Oak District Pinewood Derby Submission Form

CAR RETURN PROCESS - Cars must be picked up (all pack cars will be in that one box they were delivered in - NO individual pickups) on Saturday 4/2 or Sunday 4/3 (between the hours of 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM). In addition to the cars, all District level cars will get a patch and the Pack will be provided a Ribbon for their Pack Flag. District level trophies, as applicable, will be in the Pack box.

DROP OFF AND PICK UP LOCATION is:

   Josh McNally's house
   14005 Parkland Drive
   Rockville, MD

   Please call before you come so that Josh can be expecting you: 301-332-1707.

BROADCAST INFORMATION: The races (Pack & District) will be broadcasted LIVE and will also be recorded so that they may be watched at a later date. Once we know how many pack events and how many cars are entered, then we can publish a schedule of Pack event times and the time of the WOD Derby. We plan to run every car on every lane to determine the time for each car.

ELIGIBILITY: ONLY the fastest car from each pack for LIONS, TIGERS, WOLVES, BEARS, WEBELOS I, WEBELOS AOL, Den Chief, Adult, and Cub Scout aged siblings are eligible to participate. In addition, each pack can send one car to participate in the appearance competition (maximum of 10 cars per Pack). Cars race by RANK Level, not by Boy or Girl Dens.

PROCESS: Winners will be determined by the fastest times at each race level. Since we are running several pack events, there is not enough time available to re-run all of the winners from those races a second time in a purely “District Race”. The District Race is all about SPEED, so all car race times will be recorded and winners determined by fastest times. Pack races will be run, then Packs who have run their own races and delivered cars for the District race will be run. All times will be collected in the race software and winners for the District race determined by the fastest speeds.

AWARDS. District Awards for Fastest Racers for each scout rank – Lion, Tiger, Wolf, Bear, WEBELOS & AOL and fastest three cars overall.

First, Second, & Third place trophies will be awarded for each Rank Level, Show cars, and Fastest Three Cars overall.

Awards for Den Chiefs
Awards for Parents
Awards for Cub Scout Aged Siblings

All cars must comply with the 2022 White Oak District Pinewood Derby Builder’s Guide). Click here to download the Builder's guide

There will also be an opportunity to win the “White Oak District Derby Cup” awarded to the pack with the fastest average times (LION, TIGER, WOLF, BEAR, WEBELOS I, and WEBELOS AOL racers. ONE level may be dropped from participating, but all remaining levels **MUST** be entered and present for a Pack to be eligible.

Den Chief, Parent, and Sibling cars are a separate class of cars and are not eligible for the “Scout Rank” awards nor their times applicable for the District Cup. See White Oak District Pinewood Derby Builder’s Guide for details!

RACE DAY

DATE:          SATURDAY and SUNDAY, March 26 and March 27, 2022

PLACE:       VIRTUAL ONLY, Either log on to link to be sent to registered participants or watch on Facebook Live: www.facebook.com/WhiteOakDistrict

TIME:           Pack Level Races are planned to start on Saturday around 11:30 AM, go till about 4:00 PM, and then continue on Sunday starting about 10:30AM. Cars being run at the District level only will run on Sunday.

                    The WOD Race will start after all of the Pack Races have been run. This race is for cars that raced in their own Pack level race. WOD winners will be based on the best time of all cars run.

                       We will publish the start times as soon as we know how many Pack Level Races must be run.

COST:         Registration fee is $6.50 per car (Max cost is $65 based on Max 10 cars for the District race.

• There is NO CHARGE for us running the PACK level race.
• Registration and payment is **ONLY** online.
• Registration will absolutely close on Sunday, March 20 at 4:00PM, when ALL cars must have been delivered to the collection point.

PACK LEADERS / CUBMASTERS: Please provide your Scouts and their parents or sponsoring adults a copy of the White Oak District Pinewood Derby Builder’s Guide and have a discussion with them that they must agree to abide by the rules therein.

VOLUNTEERS: Each Pack needs to supply TWO adult helpers during the time their Pack is scheduled to race. They will help with car logistics. Packs must provide their own Emcee for their races for a total of three volunteers when running their Pack PWD race.

Please contact the District Pinewood Derby Chairpersons if you have any questions.

- Marvin Arthur, islandfox6@aol.com, Vice Chairman, Program, WOD, NCAC, BSA or Josh McNally at jmcnally492@gmail.com.