The Pinewood Derby – Sat 13 Sept

🏁 Rev Up for the edenbridge Pinewood Derby! (10:00-14:00)

The Pinewood Derby is a simple and fun day of high-speed thrills, creativity, and friendly competition at the Edenbridge Scout Hut on the High Street.

Build a car from a block of wood (originally from pine wood) and let your imagination go wild. There are two types of car kits to choose from, and hundreds of designs are available online or you can create your own unique design. As long as your design fits the completion criteria, then anything goes!

Bring the family, your friends, and most importantly, bring your racing spirit. 🏁

Purchase your car kit here

How the racing works

Scalextric without electrics.

Your creation will be entered into the race event with at least six races with a chance to become the 1st ECCA Pinewood Champion. The cars will race down a wooden track, without any form of propulsion.

Purchase your Pinewood Car Kit for £10 and let your imagination take the wheel. From sleek racers to wild creations — anything goes, as long as it rolls and meets the official Derby rules and requirements, available with your kit and at the bottom of this page.

ORDER OF PLAY

🚗 Action starts with registration at 10:00 sharp, with races and fun from 10:30 continuing until 16:00.

Once the main races have finished, grab yourself a bite to eat and take part in the open track session. This is your chance to race your mates or family.

We will collect details of who you want to race during the morning, each person will get about 2 minutes of track time.

Pinewoood car kits are limited — we can only accommodate 32 cars so grab your kit and join the race!

Purchase your car kit here

Food and refreshments

There will be refreshments including 🍔 delicious hamburgers, bacon, sausage rolls.

Tea, coffee, soft drinks, and a tuck shop will be available to buy throughout the day — perfect for refuelling between races.

Note: Any profits from this event will be donated to local good causes.

ECCA Pinewood Derby rules (terms & conditions)

Only kits provided by ECCA shall be eligible to race.
Completed cars shall not exceed 7 inches (17.8 cm) in length.
Completed cars shall not exceed 3 inches (7.7 cm) in width
Completed cars shall not exceed 3 ¼ inches (8.3 cm) in height
Completed cars shall not exceed 9 ounces (255 grams) in weight.

Wheels :

Only the supplied wheels and axles may be used.
NO LUBRICATION is allowed
Minimum distance between wheels is 1 ¾ inches(43mm)
Clearance under car is ½ inch (13mm)

Details:

You can add details such as driver, steering wheel etc BUT they must be firmly fixed to the car.
Weights can be added, but they must meet the above requirements.

Inspection

Each car will be inspected and weighed at driver registration. Failure to meet the above requirements will eliminate your car from racing.
Cars will need to be registered on the day of the event.
Registration and inspection will be open from 10 am till 10:25am
Failure to register will mean forfeiting your 1st 3 Races.

The Races

There will be 6 rounds of racing.
Races are drawn at random , each race will have 2 cars.
Cars will be allocated a lane number.
Each car will race 3 Races in each lane.
Cars will start at the stop of the track, they will be lined up behind the start gate.
The Starter Steward will release the cars, there will be no assistance in the form of pushing or other propulsion devices.
The winner will be the car whose nose crosses the finish line.
If a car leaves the track, the race will be re-run. If the same car leaves the track again it will forfeit the race.
The winning car will get 3 points and the runner up will get 1 point.
If it is impossible to determine a winner both cars will get 3 points.
A league table will be running throughout the competition. The car with the most points after 6 Races will be deemed the champion.
If more than 1 is equal top then a series of knockout heats will be used to determine the champion.
The Chief Stewards decision will be final.