District and Statewide Meets!
Saturday, June 12
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Volcanoes Stadium, Keizer
Save the date! Invite your friends and families to this year's meet and show them what Scouting is about! To celebrate BSA's 100th anniversary, there will be a special statewide meet in addition to the district meet. There will be trophies for both races.
District Meet - 9 a.m. to Noon
The district race will be just for the top 4 cars from each pack which represents each rank (Tiger, Wolf, Bear & Webelos). For the (4) winners in the Pack 122 Pinewood Derby, the Pack pays the $5.00 district fee.
Statewide Meet - Noon to 4 p.m.
The statewide race is open to all Scouts in the Pack. Any Scout who enters the statewide race will be individually responsible for paying the $5.00 entry fee.
Online registration is now closed, but you can still register at the event!
Rules for 2010 District / Statewide Pinewood Derby Race
Only rules that differ from the Pack rules are listed here.
- Cars that were made last year may not be used this year at the District Race.
- You may modify the length of wheels' location. They do not have to be in the same place as provided on the Official BSA Pinewood Derby car kit. You may drill new holes.
- Any registered Cub Scout can race in Statewide race. Scouts that are 2nd year Webelos may race if they raced in your Pack's Pinewood Derby, even if they have crossed over at the time of the District/Statewide Pinewood Derby Race.
- Once a car is checked in no other alterations can be made to the car.
- The cars will be handled by a race official. No one other than race officials will be allowed behind the flagged area. Only officials may place cars on the track or take them off the track.
- A car that does not finish the race due to jumping the track or a wheel falling off will be given one more chance. If the car does not finish a second time, a default time set by the computer will be given. A car that just does not make it to the end will be given the default time. It will not be raced over.
- If repairs need to be made to a car the scout has 5 minutes to make the repair.
- Each car will race 1 time down each lane of the track. It will be the average time your car raced in each lane.
- The top 3 fastest times in each division will be given a trophy.
- Cars will be handed back at the end of the race to the scout by a race official.
Pack 122 Pinewood Derby Information
Scouts will receive their Pinewood Derby car kits at a December den meeting. The kit includes a copy of the rules, tips on building a Pinewood Derby car and a design sheet. See the rules page for more information.
While parents may help, the cars are to be made by the SCOUT.
Parents, siblings, leaders and others can buy their own kits at the Scout Store and register their cars in the Pack's Masters Division race.
DO NOT CHANGE THE WIDTH OF THE WHEEL BASE - THE CAR WILL NOT FIT ON THE TRACK!
- NO UNOFFICIAL CAR KITS WILL BE ALLOWED.
Weigh-in:
Cars must be in possession of the race official by the end of the weigh-in time in order to qualify for competition racing.
Date: January 10, 2010
Place: Judson Baptist Church
Time: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Race Day (January Pack Meeting):
Pinewood Derby racing, pizza, and more! Scouts, families, and anyone interested in joining Cub Scouts is welcome to attend.
Date: January 23, 2010
Place: Judson Baptist Church
Time: 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Pack 122 Pinewood Derby Rules
- Have fun!
- Show good sportsmanship.
- Cars are to be made from the Official BSA Pinewood Derby car kit.
- All cars are to be no more than 5 oz in weight according to the scales at the check-in table.
- Car length may not exceed 7 inches.
- Car width may not exceed 2 ¾ inches.
- Only axles supplied in the BSA official kit may be used. The nails may be smoothed or polished to remove rough spots. No solid axles.
- Washers or spacers are not allowed.
- No modification of wheels is allowed except for the removal of rough spots.
- Neither propulsion devices nor floating weights are allowed.
- No body design enhancing the starting position of the car will be allowed.
- Only dry (powder) type materials are allowed for lubrication.
- There will be 4 divisions – Tiger, Wolf, Bear & Webelos. Each Pack will send one boy for each division.
- Once a car is checked in no other alterations can be made to the car.
- The cars will be handled by a race official for placing on the track and taking off the track.
- A car that does not finish the race due to jumping the track, a wheel falling off or just does not make it to the end will will be given a default time set by the computer will be given. It will not be raced over.
- A car or cars that are interfered with by another car will get to race that race over again.
- The top two winners of each division will race in an overall finalist race.
- The top winner in each division will be given a trophy.
- Cars will be handed back at the end of the race to the scout by a race official.