The Borough Second Annual Pinecar Classic Saturday June 19th

On Saturday, June 19th The Borough on Morgan Street will open up early at 1pm serving food and beverages (very rare for the restaurant/bar). The reason? The Borough’s Second Annual Pinecar Classic. Races start at 2pm.  There will be a cap of participants at 24. Anyone who wants to enter will be able to sign up online and/or at the bar and get kits at the bar. The entry fee is $20 and includes a car building kit. A portion of the proceeds and ticket sales go to the Wake Co. SPCA.

Judging by last year’s competition, you are likely to see a lot of great designs out this year. Can the defending champ (and best in show) become repeat winners? We will see in just over a week.

Registration info can be found here and on the Facebook Page. Entry guidelines and rules are below.

The 2009 lineup

ALL CARS MUST PASS INSPECTION TO QUALIFY FOR THE RACE

Following are the inspection points:

1. The car weight shall not exceed 10.0 ounces. The official race scale shall be considered final.Weight may be added to the car and will be considered part of the car for purposes of allmeasurements. All additions must be securely fastened to the car, e.g. by permanent glue, nails orscrews, but not by “sticky substances”, e.g. tape, or tack spray. Weights shall be passive, i.e. non-moveable, non-magnetic, non-electric, non-sticky, etc.

2. The overall length of the car shall not exceed 7 inches.

3. The overall width of the car shall not exceed 2 ¾ inches.

4. The car must have 1 ¾” clearance between the wheels.

5. The car must have 3/8” clearance underneath the body.

6. The wood provided in the kit must be used. The block may be shaped any way that is desired.

7. The wheels supplied with the kit must be used. The wheels may not be cut, drilled, beveled orrounded. You may remove the seam from the wheels.

8. The car must not ride on any type of springs.

9. The car must be freewheeling, with no starting devices.

10. If, during a race, a car leaves the track without interfering with its opponent, it shall beconsidered to have ended its heat at that point.

11. If a car leaves its lane, at its sole discretion, the track chairman may inspect the track and, if atrack fault is found which probably caused the initial violation, the track chairman may order therace to be rerun after the track is repaired.

12. If, during a race, no car reaches the finish line on the track, the car that went the farthest in itslane shall be declared as the heat winner.

13. If, during a race, a car leaves its lane and, in so doing, interferes with another racer, then the carat fault shall be removed from the track and the race shall be rerun with the remaining cars.

14. Only one car may be registered by any person in the Pinewood Derby.

15. Lubricants that may foul the track are prohibited.

Each car must pass inspection by the official race inspector, Blind Willy, before it will be allowed tocompete. The Inspector has the responsibility to disqualify those cars that do not meet thesespecifications. The Inspector has the responsibility to disqualify a car if it is found to have mademodifications after passing the inspection.

 

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