Derby Talk

Please do the following: 1. Open up a Command window. With the Windows search feature, enter "cmd" (without the quotes) and press the Enter key. This should open up the Command window. 2. Copy the following line (Ctrl+C), including the quotes, and then paste it into the Command window (Ctrl+V). Then...

Micro Wizard has implemented some long awaited improvements to their track. The new design is called the "Quick Pack Track". See http://derbytalk.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=8548 for a review of the new design.

I had a chance to try out Micro Wizard's new "Quick Pack Track", which they changed to at the end of last season. This new track is basically their Freedom track with some design tweaks to make it easier to setup and tear down. They did incorporate many of the improvement suggestions that have been ...

Very cool!

Beautiful work whoda!

Something that is inexpensive for last minute weight adjustments are BB's. You can easily find those at your local Walmart or sporting goods store. We put a container of those in our Pit Area on race day, along with a box of fender washers, for those making tweaks to their cars.

Awesome!

Snoopy is not the pilot? lol

Very cool!

Unfortunately, it's official. No more Fast Track races. They are looking for homes for the gear.

Unfortunately, it is not looking like Ford will be doing the Fast Track races for 2018. I'm holding out some slim hope that they may still put something together, but it does not seem likely. That's too bad, as I think the girls were having fun and getting a lot out of it.

We are kicking off the 2018-2019 racing season with new versions of our GrandPrix Race Manage r and DerbyDMV software. GrandPrix Race Manager Version 18 Highlights: + macOS users now have the ability to use Perfect-N scheduling. + You can use the same data file with DerbyDMV V9. No more exporting fr...

We are kicking off the 2018-2019 racing season with new versions of our GrandPrix Race Manager and DerbyDMV software. DerbyDMV Version 9 Highlights: + The user interface has been redesigned to make it more intuitive and user friendly. It has a very similar look and feel to GrandPrix Race Manager Ver...

It is great to have a new option for an inexpensive timing system for those with some basic DIY electronics skills. Though, on your minimal timing system, it (and others like it) do have a drawback that people should be aware of. If there ends up being a problem with the timer communications to the ...

@Byiana - For building these cars, we are only drilling into wood, to make holes for the axles to go into. The idea of using stiff drill bits is to keep the bit from following the grain lines, going off the desired drill line.