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Pinewood Derby Season!

We've started dusting off our equipment and polishing everything to get ready for the 2015 San Diego 500.

There have been a couple of rule clarifications added this year to help ensure a fair playing field for all the Cub Scouts participating in our race.  They are highlighted in bold on the pages of this site, please take a look.

Unfortunately we did not end up with video from the championship heats at the 2014 race.

(and now that we have the computers for the race back out of storage, we will grab and post the results from last year that we neglected to post last summer.) 

Now we're taking a lap behind the Pace Car!

While you warm up your tires, we're heading down to Parkway Plaza to set up for the race.

We will not be checking email until after we complete the races on Saturday afternoon.  

If you are unsure of your race time, please check the schedule on the Home page.

Good Luck racers!!

 

Quick Note

We just sent out an email blast, grouped by district, to each email address we have on file for this years race.

 

Start your Engines! (Updated with MAP 6/8)

It's race time!!  We're all set for the rescheduled 2014 San Diego 500!!!

Please join us on Saturday, June 21st, at Parkway Plaza.  We will be set up inside an empty store location, just east of the food court.  Click here for Map.  The race will be in C-16, next door to McDonalds.  Best parking is in structure between Walmart and JCpenney, off Village Parkway. 

Check-in and Race Times are unchanged from those originally scheduled for the Scout Fair.

  • Click here to see this years race Schedule
  • DISTRICT

    CHECK-IN

    Race

     

    DISTRICT

    CHECK-IN

    Race

     

    Start

    End

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    Start

    End

    Start

    Black Mountain

    7:30

    8:30

    8:35

     

    Pacific Crest

    11:35

    12:00

    12:50

    Torrey Pines

    8:35

    9:00

    9:20

     

    Scripps Mesa

    11:35

    12:00

    12:50

    Heartland

    9:05

    9:35

    9:45

     

    Santa Margarita

    12:50

    1:20

    1:25

    Mission

    9:40

    10:10

    10:15

     

    Kit Carson

    1:20

    1:40

    2:15

    Sweetwater

    10:10

    10:45

    10:55

     

    Desert Trails

    1:40

    1:45

    2:50

    Pacific Coast

    10:50

    11:25

    11:50

     

     

     

     

     

Packs DO NOT need to re-register to participate in the race.  We will be contacting all the racers in the next few days confirming their registration, and reminding them of their check-in and race times.  If there is an issue with your Packs' originally scheduled racer participating, please contact us ASAP so that we can get an alternate boy registered for your pack. 

We would especially like to thank Jeff Young and James Lennon as well as the staff from the San Diego-Imperial Council for helping to secure this great location.  We would also like to extend a big thank-you to all the participants and their families for their patience and understanding while we worked to make this happen.

Save the Date!! - Saturday, June 21st

Saturday, June 21st.  Location still to be determined.

Once we have confirmed a venue, we will determine if the race times have to be changed to match the new location's hours. 

We understand that this date may cause problems for some families, and we're truly sorry, but we had several constraints for picking the new date, and 6/21 is really the only option that was available to us.

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4/26/2014 - Wind, Safety, and Postponement

Overnight, we experienced a major wind and rain storm that damaged the canopy above the race area to a point that it is NOT safe for us to hold the race at this time.

THE 2014 SAN DIEGO 500 is POSTPONED until further notice.

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