Did you build a cool Pinewood Derby car this year?
Is it Fast? Does it look Cool, Sporty, Funny or Fast? Is it a work of Art?
Cub Scouts: Bring your fast, creative or cool cars and have fun at the District Derby!
Competitions for Speed and Design. All Cub Scouts and their families in Lakeshore (and surrounding) District are welcome.

When: March 9th, 2024
Registration begins at 9:00
                                      Racing begins at 10:00
Where: Central Elementary School, 4052 Prairie St SW, Grandville, MI 49418
Who: Packs: Send your best to the District Derby! We encourage each Pack to send the fastest 4 cars from their Pack race plus other cool looking cars, but all Scouts are welcome to enter.

Speed Awards for Lion, Tiger, Wolf, Bear, Webelos, AOLs (AOLs who have recently crossed over to a Troop can race their car with the AOLs as long as car was built prior to crossing over) Siblings and Unlimited Class. Depending on registration numbers some ranks may be grouped together.
Design Awards for Most Original, Fastest, Craftsmanship, Scout built, Sportsmanship, Paint Job, and Scout Paint.
 

INTENT – The purpose of this event is for the scout to build and race a wooden car, promoting craftsmanship and good sportsmanship through competition, and To have FUN!!! The scout should do as much of the work as is appropriate for his age, each year they should do more than the previous year. Buying premade parts is not the goal of this event! Each scout is expected to build a new car each year.

Registration Weigh-in and Inspection
Cars are to be submitted to the registration table during the designated time prior to the race. The scout must be present to register their own car.
Each car will be inspected, weighed, registered and assigned a car number then held in the designated pit area until race time.
If a car does not pass inspection, the owner will be informed of the reason and will be given time within the registration period to make adjustment.
Once the car is submitted for entry, no further adjustments can be made except in the case of mechanical failure (see below).

Racing
A scout must be present to race his own car.
The race format has each car run the same number of times in each lane so any difference that may exist in the lanes is averaged out. The schedule is automatically generated and spreads the heats for each racer throughout the race. This keeps the racing fair and keeps the scouts engaged throughout the race.
If any track induced incident occurs, that heat will be re-run. If a car has a mechanical failure, that heat will not be re-run but the driver will be allowed to try and repair his car for the next race. All repairs of this type must be done with “Track Officials” observing who will certify its race worthiness. All rulings by “Track Officials” are FINAL!
Sibling Race: Sibling Race is for family member youth of Cub Scout age that are not Cub Scouts.
Other Races: Racing is for older youth or adults who want to race for fun. There will be two categories – Open Class: Those cars that are 5 oz. or less and use only gravity for acceleration.
Unlimited Class: Cars that do not adhere to these restrictions. All cars Must be judged to be safe by race officials.
A full set of race rules can be is attached to the registration page.