AZ Pack 618

Hello Pack 618!

I hope you all had a restful and enjoyable break -- and now the busy season has sneaked up on us, starting THIS SATURDAY!  

January 10 (THIS SATURDAY!) is Pinewood Derby car cutting at the Rabasca home at 17213 N. 43rd St. (here's a map).  You can stop by anytime between 9am and 4 pm.  This is not required (you can build your car on your own if you want to), but it is highly recommended, especially for first time car builders.  Bring your son (no uniform required), the wooden block from your son's car kit, and your son's ideas of what he wants the car to look like.    We'll have plenty of experienced builders and a great set of tools available, so even if you have no how to build the car, just come out anytime during the day and we can help you.

Car check-ins are EITHER January 21 OR January 23, also at the Rabasca home.   Bring your completed and ready-to-race car back to the Rabasca home anytime between 6 and 8 pm on either night (NOT BOTH!) for weigh-ins and qualifications.  We'll keep your car until the derby.

Pinewood Derby is Saturday, January 24 at Copper Canyon. Tigers will race first, followed by Wolves, then Bears, Web 1's and Web 2's, followed by the top 16 cars in the finals.   We will send a more detailed schedule in the next few days.

We will have full race rules on the website (azpack618.com) soon, but they are generally the same as last year.  Here are a couple of highlights:

• You must use official BSA materials (block, wheels, axles) that you process yourself.  Aftermarket or third party parts are not allowed.
• The car cannot exceed 7" in length; wheelbase must be between 4 1/4" and 4 5/8"; weight cannot exceed 5 oz.  The car must have enough ground clearance to work on our track.  DO NOT EXTEND THE LENGTH OF YOUR CAR IN ANY WAY, AND DO NOT ALLOW ANYTHING TO HANG BELOW THE BODY OF YOUR CAR.
• No part of the car can extend in front of the starting gate.  NO NOTCHES IN THE FRONT OF YOUR CAR!

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO RACE .  If you want to build a car but cannot be present on race day for any reason (including illness), we will race your car during the breaks (time permitting) and write down your times so you will know what you would have scored had you been there; you can go to the district races if you still want to.  But you must be present to race in our Derby.

We'll have more news soon, but please let me know if you have any questions in the meantime.