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Post by Global Derby Society on Apr 5, 2015 8:47:20 GMT -6
For those of you with confusion who have been sending in emails, let me try to address your questions publically.
This is not a National Racing! This is a League race being held at a separate venue!
Why is this not a National race?
This race includes 1 specific league's rules. It does not take into consideration rules from all the current league who currently offer race series.
Current Leagues/Series: APR PDDR PWDR NPWDRL
These are the current live/proxy racing venues across the United States. It is Global Derby Society's position that if you want to crown a National Champion/find out which League/Series has the fastest builders, the rules should be equally distributed between all current venues. While we hope there is success for The Mid America Derby and all the hard work Greg Dawes puts into running a quality event, we do differ on opinions on what actually constitutes a National Race.
This is not meant to denigrate any builder, league, or the spirit of racing. Just some honest feedback!
Good Luck to all who participate!
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Post by Global Derby Society on Jul 27, 2014 15:25:29 GMT -6
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Post by Global Derby Society on Jul 27, 2014 8:52:26 GMT -6
Alright!! Here is the New Updated Global Derby Society layout!! Yes, it is different! But I think you all are smart enough to quickly figure out a few changes!! It was a lot of hours in design and scripting and I am beyond thrilled with how well it turned out!! Enjoy and WELCOME BACK!! There will be some minor updates here and there I have yet to complete!!
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Post by Global Derby Society on Feb 24, 2013 17:35:24 GMT -6
That was a long time ago!
Unfortunately, racing is now all about the Go with very little Show.
There are some great paint jobs, custom wheels and sleek cars being raced now a days, however my eyes always spend more time on the Show cars.
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Post by Global Derby Society on Jan 19, 2013 8:48:55 GMT -6
My step daughter's school Pack had their race last night. We were not allowed to race in it after building a car. They have a rule for the Outlaw Class you must be a father, brother, mother, sister, grandparent, aunt, uncle etc etc in order to race. Being a fellow student was not in the rules. They let us run our car on the track to get a time average, however it ran by itself. The track was a wooden track with a wall stopping sections. Lets say that during the Pack race it was carnage heaven. I saw some spectacular crashes and cars being shot off the track 20+ feet after rolling/sliding. We came prepared with stopping section grip/foam tape. I was able to bring my car to a dead stop before the wall by tripling up the grip foam in progressive layers. The Pack does not go by times, they go by Top MPH average. Pack Winner: 204.1 mph Outlaw Winner: 203.5 mph Our Car: 221.4 mph Next year we now have plans of hosting their building sessions and getting the Pack an aluminum track. While the kids loved the smash'em up derby, the parents were hoping to keep the cars as memories for their kids. A new track will help keep cars looking how they start the race.
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Post by Global Derby Society on Jan 16, 2013 17:11:38 GMT -6
I think you needed a reason to post because you saw the smiley face with the sunglasses and you got all Tom Cruise giddy!!!
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Post by Global Derby Society on Jan 16, 2013 17:00:36 GMT -6
With regards to recent events, both personal and internet related, I have come to do a lot of thinking lately. I wanted to take a minute or two of your time to hash out my thoughts. I will be referencing this thread quite a bit, so I figured I would make it easy to find. Welcome To Global Derby SocietyI have this amazing idea in the BIG BIG BIG picture of BSA and almost everyday, in some way, I get 1 step closer to this goal. Please do realize it is roughly 98,451,202 to reach this goal! LOL One of the major steps of my goal is the creation on Global Derby Society you all check in with. As per the "Welcome" thread, I am trying to create a central resource of pinewood derby information. This can come in the form of vendors, suppliers, builders, league races, local races, national races all the way down to local BSA organizations we help to promote. I got into this hobby so deeply because of someone more important to me then my own breath. "More, more, more" he would say. Which means every member that joins, every league we can support, every vendor we can support gives me the ability to take one more step forwards. This internet life gets us all hooked in. As technology grows we buy cell phones, smart phones, ipads, tablets and as they start off as having something cool and new, we start to need them more and more. I have found myself making excuse why we need more data, when at one time I shunned using my phone for anything other then actually talking! Life is getting a whole lot faster and fairly soon local BSA will have to adapt to the times and technology. They have already in the form of moving from wooden to aluminum tracks, from a simple 1st 2nd 3rd to a digital read out to the thousandths. With this change local BSA will be forced to be tolerant to the internet world of pinewood derby and all it's resources. This is where Global Derby Society fits in. We quietly gather various resources from across the internet, then establish relationship with these entities. We have 110 members right now which means there is 110+ relationship being established from Florida to California, Ohio down through the Carolinas! AMAZING!! Yes, this is my forum technically, however I actually see it as your forum. You show up to lend a helping hand, to race cars and mostly to share in the passion of the hobby. So as the times change and the influx of resources are needed, I want to share with you and others reputable resources. This means establishing positive relationships with builders, vendors and venues where I would want my own children to go to for helpful information. Which is the outlook of Global Derby Society. At this point in the lecture, I should get more to the point of all my thoughts I have had lately. Thank you! Thank you to each of you who took the time to join, to post photographs of your cool cars, to making help videos. To those who just read the posts, to those who log in to wish someone a Happy Birthday. Thank you goes out to those of you who helped me with projects (even if your rates on parts and labor were too high) LOL, and those of you who call to talk with me. Thank you for sure goes out to Carolina Gravity Sports!! The amount of time it takes him to go through ALL the leagues and venue race results and then transcribe them into a point system to support Global Derby Society. Thanks to the old boys I have know for years and years now whose support is always unwavering. Thanks to all the newer members whom I have not gotten to know so well but took the time to join in this parade!! I am unsure if I have made myself clear throughout this long post, but if I haven't, thank you for reading this long. If you are going to respond please take into consideration who will read this thread and how the mind can translate information. In other words, please watch your P's and Q's and just about every other letter in the alphabet! ;D
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Post by Global Derby Society on Jan 10, 2013 7:43:42 GMT -6
From all the discussions I have had with You and Blake, everyone should understand the vision you all have for racing.
The APR stands for Association of Pinewood Racers. Which means the venue/series is about the association of racers, not any one person, vendor or agenda. The association is about each and every builder who joins and willingly participates. Without all the support of enthusiasts and builders you would merely have a website.
I hope the pinewood building community will take the time to appreciate all the hard work you all put into and help to share your passion!
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Post by Global Derby Society on Jan 7, 2013 7:59:18 GMT -6
A big welcome goes out to a NEW pinewood derby proxy race venue! Association Of Pinewood Racers apr.boards.net/They have multiple race divisions to suit any builder's wants and needs. Take some time to see what they have to offer!!
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