Rail Riding on an Old Standard Awana track +

[NinjaRabbi]

Our kids have raced in the BSA for years, and this will be our first year in an Awana race. The race director described the track as a "wooden track built to the old Awana standard with a bumper to stop the cars". A few questions:

1) We usually set up our cars to rail ride, is this kind of track good for this, or does it make it worse? If yes, what kind of turn should the car do in 4' on a test board?
2) What are the track surface and lane guides like? Smooth, Rough, Gouged?
3) Any CG recommendations for this type of track?
4) The wheel rules are liberal--just have to use Awana wheels, no bushings, bearings or washers. What kind of wheel mods are you seeing at the regionals?

Thanks.

[docb]

ninjarabbi1997 said:

Our kids have raced in the BSA for years, and this will be our first year in an Awana race. The race director described the track as a "wooden track built to the old Awana standard with a bumper to stop the cars". A few questions:

1) We usually set up our cars to rail ride, is this kind of track good for this, or does it make it worse? If yes, what kind of turn should the car do in 4' on a test board?
2) What are the track surface and lane guides like? Smooth, Rough, Gouged?
3) Any CG recommendations for this type of track?
4) The wheel rules are liberal--just have to use Awana wheels, no bushings, bearings or washers. What kind of wheel mods are you seeing at the regionals?

Thanks.

I have never built or raced an Awana car but we race on a wooden track every year in scouts. We always rail ride on the wooden track. We set the steer at about 2 inches over 8 feet. We set our COM at approx 3/4 to 1 inch in front of rear axles because the wooden track is usually a little more bumpy. I don't know anything about Awana wheels so I can't help you with that question.

Good luck