Derby Talk

Well last night we completed our Pinewood Derby race with our Royal Ranger group! We had a total of 103 cars race. Yes that isnt a typo and that was just our church alone. We had 4 tracks up and 3 on timers running GPRM and one with GPRM running dynamic racing with no timer with 25 cars for the MPac...

I know it kind of seems like a crazy topic but I know some correct staging with a RR could make a big difference! What is the best rule of thumb when staging a RR car. Do you want the dominant side closer or just dead even on both sides and just let it find the rail on its own or maybe even farther ...

I just purchased the latest version of GPRM and I was playing around with it last night to make sure it worked and all and running a mock race. Do I have to reset the finish line everytime before the race can start or is there a setting that it can just run through the race without having to reset i...

Here are more pictures of last years cars. http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab307/jf4everstereo/IMAGE_151.jpg http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab307/jf4everstereo/IMAGE_150.jpg Here is the car at one angle with the Chameleon paint job that you can't get in the small cans anymore from House of Ko...

Daytime- Porsche Service Manager
Sunday- Front of house sound man at our church
Night- Contempary Christian music going with a PWD in my hand!

I made the pink one for my GF at the time two years ago and she had no idea what PWD was so she was super nervous the night before the race it was quite funny! long story short she took the open class and the all church race. Last year I learned more about the RR and tried it and was very succesful ...

Awesome picture! That is what it is all about! I am 24 now helping with our churchs PWD for Royal Rangers running the race, computer, sound. Was brought up through the Royal Ranger program with my church with my dad at my side. Now I get to share the family techniques with the kids that don't have t...

Kind of a bad shot but i will have new pics of this years cars soon!

Anyone used this system in a full on race day and think it was worth the work and money? Last year i ran the race with Derbymaster and it went fine. first year with a timer to race by and everyone was shocked with it. Me, i thought the DOS looking screen shots were boring. If you have used this plea...

I have a newer HP Dv4 laptop and dont have firewire connection. is USB fast enough or what other types of connections would work? I have a newer HD Cannon video camera that I would like to use. If there is a way I would purchase the newest version of GrandPrix with the RaceReplay and give the parent...

What time are people getting with a 40 foot track?

We just finished our race this weekend, and we have a wooden 4 lane track that is very nice. It is 40 feet in length. I am with the Royal Rangers group and our best time was 3.03 secs. Does that sound like a good time compared? Just curious on some input to see how well we did.

Ben