Post by Derby Monkey on Mar 9, 2008 11:27:54 GMT -6
We ran in our Cub Scout District Derby yesterday. My Tiger Cub's car finished 1st overall. No other car was even close. It seemed to have rocketed out of each start. The car won each heat by at least a tenth of a second… close to three car lengths.
I was amazed on how much better the car ran at District than at the pack race. I owe this increase of speed to you folks on this forum and to my new test track. Forum members gave me a lot of great advice and the test track was a fantastic tool for tweaking and testing. I could measure the results of each little change that I made to the car.
After the race, several disgruntled fathers came over and closely examined our car. One guy complained a little about my son’s wheels. There was a good bit of machining performed on the inside but very little on the outside. The diameter and width remained stock. The rules we ran under did not say we couldn’t machine the inside. It only said that they must be stock diameter, stock width and no H or V shaped tread.
I guess that one guy complained to the officials because as we were leaving the building the race director rushed over and stopped us so he could examine and final inspect the car. He evidently found nothing that he considered illegal because he gave the car back and congratulated my son on a nice car and a great victory.
It appears this stuff gets very serious at the district level. If you’re gonna beat someone, and beat them really bad, you’d better have your car in order and be prepared for the scrutiny that comes afterward.
I was amazed on how much better the car ran at District than at the pack race. I owe this increase of speed to you folks on this forum and to my new test track. Forum members gave me a lot of great advice and the test track was a fantastic tool for tweaking and testing. I could measure the results of each little change that I made to the car.
After the race, several disgruntled fathers came over and closely examined our car. One guy complained a little about my son’s wheels. There was a good bit of machining performed on the inside but very little on the outside. The diameter and width remained stock. The rules we ran under did not say we couldn’t machine the inside. It only said that they must be stock diameter, stock width and no H or V shaped tread.
I guess that one guy complained to the officials because as we were leaving the building the race director rushed over and stopped us so he could examine and final inspect the car. He evidently found nothing that he considered illegal because he gave the car back and congratulated my son on a nice car and a great victory.
It appears this stuff gets very serious at the district level. If you’re gonna beat someone, and beat them really bad, you’d better have your car in order and be prepared for the scrutiny that comes afterward.