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Cubmobile Derby in the News

Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 3:41 pm
by gpraceman
I don't often see Cubmobile races in the news, but stumbled upon this one today. I thought that it was a good read.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/w ... story.html

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Re: Cubmobile Derby in the News

Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 4:34 pm
by ngyoung
I thought cubmobiles were supposed to be ran on flat ground and have a 2nd scout pushing the car while the driver steered.

Re: Cubmobile Derby in the News

Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 4:46 pm
by Vitamin K
ngyoung wrote:I thought cubmobiles were supposed to be ran on flat ground and have a 2nd scout pushing the car while the driver steered.
You're thinking of Pushmobile.

Cubmobile was actually the inspiration for Pinewood Derby, when a Cubmaster came up with a miniature version for his son, who was too young to ride Cubmobile.

Re: Cubmobile Derby in the News

Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 8:03 pm
by gpraceman
Vitamin K wrote:Cubmobile was actually the inspiration for Pinewood Derby, when a Cubmaster came up with a miniature version for his son, who was too young to ride Cubmobile.
You are getting that confused with the Soap Box Derby.