We offer the most accurate, readable and easy to use finish line with our exclusive photo finish picture capture equipment for display in real time for the pinewood derby, space derby or other similar race. The pinewood derby book a free service for our customers from supertimer. Low cost finish lines and start gates for pinewood derby. Preface this short book has no tricks for making your pinewood derby car faster, but if you follow the ideas presented here, you will have faster pinewood derby cars lots of them. Features administration of cars and races, generation of heats using pope and young, management console for quick entry and management of results and auto refreshing results panel for display on overhe. The interface box uses a usb port of you computer for its connection. Derbymaster is the leader in race management software and was designed for those racing. New pinewood derby rules and procedures for 2019 dfw indian. Apr 18, 2012 it is a often asked question, and a very hard one to answer. Race track is a pinewood derby race management application. The champ timer is designed specifically for the besttrack pinewood derby track. We sell the gprm grandprix race manager pro software that allows you to run races based on fastest or average time, plus much more. Pinewood derby cars are supposed to be made by the scouts, resulting in a huge difference in quality between different ranks or age groups.
I suggest organizing a committee at the first pack meeting of the year and drafting as many parents as possible to help. It makes use of the very latest technology in electronics, and is exceptionally well designed and built. Getting started the most exciting pinewood derbies require lots of planning and lots of volunteers to help with the event. With derbynet, multiple browsers connect to a web server running on your laptop or in the cloud. For your derbywizard timer that has the computer serial interface option, we have the remote time display that shows lanes times and place of finish anywhere you set it it comes with a 50 cable. The pinewood derby timer pdt is an arduino based track timer with a robust and flexible design which allows it to be easily constructed and modified to meet your specific needs. Posted on october 17, 2017 december 19, 2018 by randy. We try to remain objective since we sell all three, but heres a comparison chart that you can use when determining which software is the best fit for your group. Photos must be sent by email in jpg format minimum size of 640. This includes the 2016 and 2017 ford fast track races for girl scouts, the 2016 ford fast track finals on the today show, the pinewood derby world championships, the mid america pinewood derby, and for breaking the guinness world record for the longest pinewood derby track.
Detect and recover from lost connection tripping over a wire between derbytimer. Providing high quality software solutions that will help with planning and conducting pinewood derby, awana grand prix, space. Also a great place to find pinewood derby plans and pinewood derby track information. Shape n race derby, pinewood derby, kub kar rallywhatever you call it, a derby is a lot of fun, and its a great opportunity for learning and for making memories. This option adds serial communication to the judge. Finish line timer for cub scout pinewood derby and space derby. The pinewood derby book a free service for our customers from. Fully customize your racer by sanding, painting and polishing adding decals and choosing highperf options. It supports racer registration, heat scheduling, electronic timer integration, and sound effect playback. If viewing the race results from the front and the back of the timer is an option you would like, our double vision option is available for the k2 and k3 models.
My own shape n race derby page provides resources for both derby participants and organizers. New this year was the microwizard finish gate integration. Pinewood derby times, volume 17, issue 2 maximum velocity. We do not recommend using the champ timer on other tracks due to our mounting design. Please shoot photos from the front left of the pinewood derby car, similar to the orientation of this car. Develop pinewood derby car winning designs with our products. Want to build a pinewood derby car that looks good and goes fast. Racing a track judge will monitor all races and coordinate lane selection based on the racing software. Sunlight max option sm operate outdoors, even in full sunlight. I am tuning on a 32 foot track and am not sure how to judge the times. It is written in java and runs on any java enabled platform.
Tigers race tigers, wolves race wolves and so forth. Aug 17, 2017 diy minimal hardware inexpensive pinewood derby timer design with pc display interface. Welcome to pinewood derby online, a forum for questions and discussions about everyones favorite gravity powered racers. I would think take the time of a 42 foot track and devide it by 42 to get my per foot time and then that is the time per foot i should look for xs 32. Highly sophisticated software that tracks, records and measures digitally all aspects of the race. Race software for cub scout pinewood derby, awana grand prix, space derby, raingutter regatta or other similar races. Command line arguments work even when using the gui. Grand prix tracker pinewood derby software and hardware. Enjoy the advantages of running your derby under software management. The goal is to have the car move from starting line to finish line in the least amount of time possible 1 stan pope, 1997. Our software has also been used for many stemsteam events. Derby talk is an excellent online forum for derby coordinators and derby racers. Aug 20, 2017 pinewood derby online, a forum for questions and discussions about everyones favorite.
But most of all, it is accurate, fair and impartial. The 2012 pack 333 pinewood derby was run for the second year using derby day. The smartline finish line shows the placement result as it occurs. For this reason, race brackets can be set up so that each scout only competes with others of his age group. The grand prix tracker is designed for the awana grand prix, the pinewood derby, the shape n race derby, the kub kar derby, the cub scouts, the royal rangers, the lego derby or any other similar racing event where miniature racing timed events and. The pinewood derby is one of the most popular and successful family activities in cub scouting. This is an update to the original race track written by scott lewis in sourceforge. Ive been asked to design something to help judge the local pinewood derby. We are using a two lane track design, so if the one that you know of uses this design then it would be prefered. Providing high quality software solutions that will help with planning and conducting pinewood derby, awana grand prix, space derby, raingutter regatta or other similar race. Chris suttons pinewood derby excel spreadsheet implements a chaoticrotation method. I was wondering if anyone out there had or knows where i can find some pinewood derby race tracking software. So, a simple 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th wont do, i need the number of seconds to a fairly good granularity hopefully ms.
The setup package generally installs about 10 files and is usually about 10. Low cost finish lines and start gates for pinewood derby tracks. Additional volunteers will assist with collection and lane placement. Pinewood derby times, volume 18, issue 12 maximum velocity.
High performance, affordable accessories for pinewood derby, hot wheels, soapbox derby, and other racing formats. The building and racing of a pinewood derby car can be a very difficult process. Whether you run a pinewood derby, a grand prix, or any other type of race, derbymaster is the software that will do everything for you. It provides an informative and attractive spectator experience, while being simple and extremely easy for the race manager to use. It is the track that most of the big event races use, as well as the professional pinewood derby leagues. The fourlane, 38foot run was made out of five sections of cabinet plywood attached with 4. Pinewood derby cars are small wooden models that cub scouts make with help from their families. The judge is a compact, rugged, and affordable electronic finish line that takes the guesswork out of the popular pinewood derby races. Recently, cory and i had the pleasure of being judges for gulf ridge council allohak district. Help your scout speed ahead of the competition with the latest derby essentials, paints, lights, and other new accessories. Where theres a pinewood derby manufactory, theres a need for a track to test these racers out. Time your race on 18 lane tracks with stunningly accurate measurements. With these races, many things have to be juggled like ensuring fairness, creating schedules, tracking results.
Derby resources for a shape n race derby, pinewood derby, etc. Our pack has the judge timer running on derby master which always worked fine until. The 2015 pinewood derby will be held on saturday february 14st. Free design package download for 2, 3, 4 or 6 lane tracks. You have a pack full of cub scouts ready to race their cars. Derby made easy classb custom apparel and products. Free design software for your pinewood derby by rob march 10, 2011 0 comments autodesk 123d provides useful tools for making things for quickly giving shape to your idea, exploring it, and most importantly, making it. Racefx is a sound effects player which will add excitement to the racing atmosphere of your pinewood derby, space derby, raingutter regatta and other similar races. Sign up opensource pinewood derby race management, built around a web server and database. How to make a really, really long pinewood derby track. This plan assumes the race will be held the fourth week of january. A usbserial converter is needed if your computer has usb ports only. It was at the mazda of wesley chapel, just a few minutes from classb.
Trade your customized cars with friends, go head to head with 25 computer. Derby talk is a forum for pinewood derby, awana grand prix, kub kar rally, shape n race derby, space derby, raingutter regatta and other similar races where a child and an adult work together to create a race vehicle and a lot of fun and memories. If you havent already done so, please forward this issue to your pinewood derby friends. When i ran the pinewood derby for my sons cub scout pack 468 in trumbull, ct, i created the activity list below to help me and the next race manager organize the activities we needed to manage our race.
In our december pack meeting youll hear more information about times and location. We are asked just about daily which software we think is best. Watch pinewood derby racing on supertrack at the 20 grand prix of baltimore. All participants are given ample races before being eliminated. Derby day pinewood derby race software is a software program developed by brian haas. Derbynet is the new standard in race management software for pinewood derby events. The judge electronic finish line for besttrack and others. Feb 19, 2018 hey guys a reliable timer is a must for your pinewood derby track.
This is a family event so bring the grandparents, uncles, cousins, and anyone else who might enjoy the race. Pinewood derby season is approaching fast and will race by before you know it. We will cover the pinewood derby timer build in two parts. Usssps pinewood derby reference materials is a download site for neil goulds free stearns method derby software.
Our goal is to provide high quality products that will help with planning and conducting cub scout pinewood derby, awana grand prix, space derby, raingutter regatta and other similar races. Pdt is currently compatible with the following software. High performance, affordable accessories for pinewood derby, hot wheels, soapbox derby, and. It is published biweekly from october through march. The program has many race scenarios, features and options that can be selected. Fast track, newbold products, racemaster iv, smartline, the judge, and timestopper. Derbymaster is the leader in race management software and was designed for those racing enthusiasts who want to experience their best racing ever. Click here to register as a member today for full access to the forum, its fast, simple, and absolutely free. Watch supertrack set the world record for the longest 529 feet. Derby day pinewood derby race software by brian haas. As an alternative to a single judge, you may use two additional judges. Pinewood derby tracks, timers and race management software. Stopwatch for pinewood derby project share particle. Another brand to consider would be microwizard, who also manufacture a high quality aluminum track freedom track.
Jan 25, 2019 download pinewood derby race track 2 for free. Support for the judge thanks especially to help from casper bucl support for older fasttrack timers. Take your race to the next level with our derbytv and pinewood derby software. It seems the best way to do this is with a pinewood derby committee. Pinewood derby times, volume 17, issue 2 october 18, 2017. Home forums pure pinewood derby discussions ask the pros dismiss notice. The pinewood derby times is a free enewsletter focused on pinewood derby racing.
New pinewood derby rules and procedures for 2019 dfw. Race management software for cub scout pinewood derby, awana grand prix, space derby, raingutter regatta, and other similar races by royal rangers, royal ambassadors, lutheran pioneers, ymca adventure guides, christian service brigade, crc cadets, and other organizations. Your pinewood derby timer, software and tv headquarters. Official rules booklet for the girl scout pinewood race. Create your very own pinewood derby car and race against computer opponents. If youre still using something else, you, and your audience, are missing out. Some lanes consistently perform better than others outer lanes are always faster. The smartline pinewood and space derby finish line timer by. Although a few groups still manually judge pinewood derby races, the vast majority of races are determined by electronic timers. Interfacing the pdt to software running on a computer windows, mac or linux allows races to be managed and allows you to record and archive car run times as you test and tune your pinewood derby car s.
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