Years ago such an event was part of the Walter Mitty. It, and many Boy
Scout sponsored events had classes for both Scouts and adults. There were
tons of adult built cars and some of them were just spectacular and had
obviously enjoyed the benefit of body/paint guys with great skills.
It would be nice if the entries were legal. But then, we are talking about
vintage racers and most vintage events have pretty loose rules.
My car is being built to BSA rules as I understand them from the booklet I
purchased from a local BSA store.
Don Marshall wrote:
> I hate to bring this up, but there are actual RULES for the Pinewood
> Derby, including that the car is supposed to be mostly built and raced
> by a kid (a real kid, not like the rest of us who just refuse to grow
> up). If VIR is treating it as a serious Boy Scout event they might have
> a problem with our entries, or they might want to set us up for a
> separate "anything goes" race after the cocktail party.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of BillDentin@aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 10:23 AM
> To: grandwazoo@earthlink.net; fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Pinewood Derby at the Gold Cup
>
> In a message dated 05/02/2004 6:24:06 PM Central Daylight Time,
> grandwazoo@earthlink.net writes:
>
> > Battle of Britain will have an entry or two and looks forward
> > interesting competion from other TRiumph folks in attendance.
> >
>
> Mike:
>
> The Beady Eye VINTAGE TRIUMPH Racing Team (in all its glory) has picked
> up
> the gauntlet and will attempt to field an entry in the GOLD CUP PINEWOOD
> DERBY
> at VIR. Early on, we had dragged our feet concerning fielding an entry
> because
> we misunderstood the event title, thinking it was called the PINEBOX
> DERBY
> (ala SOAPBOX DERBY). Obviously, at our ages we would want to avoid any
> event
> involving PINEBOXES. We have taken up a collection to fund our effort,
> and we
> have seven dollars and twenty-one cents (most of it in cash) so far, so
> please
> expect us to field an entry as well. Our Group Leader will be Don
> Brick, so
> expect performance above the Beady Eye Team average. At this writing,
> we
> envision the GOLD CUP EVENT at VIR in June and then, of course, the
> OLYMPICS in
> Greece later this summer.
>
> Bill Dentinger
> BEVTRT
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