Door Slammr' 2007 rules

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Fastest Pinewood Shootout

The Track is a 3 Lane 42' Aluminum ''Best Track'' With a Micro Wizard Fast Track K3 Timing System... Accurate to the 10,000th of a second...... These Tracks a very smooth and fast... Derby Master Race Management Software

Rules and Regulations For the Door Slammr's

One Door Slammr car per Entrant per race but you can use any Door Slammr car any month any year, points go to the builder not the car.

You can use any car that you have built over the years and keep using the same car every month or every year or build a new one.

**Requirements for the Race**

Wheel Base : You can relocate the wheel base with respect to the wheel wells of the car body, with a max wheel base of 5 1/2"... New cut Axel slots or drilled holes are allowed.
Wheel tread surface must be completely under the fenders...

Height : Not to exceed 2 3/4 inches...
Length : Not to exceed 8 inches...
Weight : Not to exceed 6 ounces (170 grams)
Width : Not to exceed 3 inches
Center Rail Height : 1/4 inch ( 7mm ) *
Center Rail Width : 1 - 5/8 inches (4.2 cm) *

*Center Rail height and width are the actual measurements of the track, so you must build the car to clear these dimensions for the wheels to ride on the track, outside of the rails not on the inside.

The main part of the body can be made of Pinewood or can be covered with a 1/24 or 1/25 scale plastic model kit. Additional materials maybe added.

• 1a. Axle Diameter Allowed: ( Aftermarket Axles and Axle sets in the kit below.)
  
  • Nails, must remain the stock size .086 - .096 are only allowed.
    Aftermarket Axles are allowed. As long as they meet the diameter requirements.
    
  • Axles may be polished or reshaped to allow for faster
    wheel spin but must remain in the diameters required.
    

• 1b. No bushing, bearings, sleeves, inserts inside or attached to the wheels, Axles or the body in anyway.
  
• 1c. Pinewood Derby kits are approved for the PDDR Racing Events.
  • A. Jewkes Engineering (The "Edge" Door Slammr Custom Speed Kit)
    
  • B. BSA wide wheel
    
  • C. Pine car wide wheel
    
  • D. Pine-Pro (RA wide wheel)
    
  • E. Awana wide wheel
    
  • F. Use of other Pinewood to make your own body and frame.
    

• 2. Wheels may be sanded and polished or lathed to remove mold casting burs and surface imperfections, to true the roundness of the wheel and to flatten the tread/contact surface. No additional weight reduction is allowed.
  
  • The tread/contact surface of the wheel must be as flat as humanly possible.
    
  • Angeling, Reshaping, Canting, Rounding, Tapering, H-cutting, V-cutting, Narrowing the outside of the wheels and tread surface is FORBIDDEN.
    
  • No inside hollowing or modifications are allowed.
    
  • The small detailed marks on the edge of the wheels must still remain visible around the entire circumference.
    
  • Truing and polishing the Axle holes, and coning the wheel hub is allowed. All other inside and outside surfaces of the wheels must remain "Stock" as they come in the kit. Drilling additional holes into any other part of the wheel is not allowed.
    

• 3. No part of the wheel that comes in contact with the track may be painted.
  
• 4. Car must have at least 4 wheels.
  
• 5. No sharp objects on the bottom of car.
  
• 6. The main body structure must be made of Pinewood or it
  can be covered by a 1/24 scale plastic model car body.
  
• 7. No part of the car may go beyond the front edge of the starting peg.
  
• 8. Axles and wheels must not be attached to any device that
  mechanically alters rotation and spin.
  
• 9. Pin or rod Axle types are not allowed.
  

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[li]A. Springs
[/li][li]B. Magnets
[/li][li]C. Starting or finish line devices or propellants.
[/li][li]D. Electronic or lighting devices
[/li][li]E. Glass or extremely fragile parts
[/li][li]F. Paint that rubs off or smudges
[/li][li]G. Loose objects on car
[/li][li]H. No Bushings allowed
[/li][li]I. No bearings or inserts in the wheels, and or nails or car body/frame
[/li][li]J. No moving weights or parts
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This is a class for the builders who love to create real looking cars with full fenders, doors, windows, hood scoops, etc... The Pinewood Derby car must have a full body that resembles real looking Car/Trucks... Wheels must be set completely under fenders and are not protruding on the outside of the body reveling the tread area of the wheel...

Door Slammr' Class Examples

The All New and Exciting Door Slammr's

This car is constructed from Wood and has a 5" wheel base.

See how the wheels are fully under the fenders.

Equipped with The "EDGE" Door Slammr' Custom Speed Kit...

These Kits assemble very fast and easy with minimal tools required...