BayLUG News

We will have a special  kids’ activity next Sunday at MOAH.  It is scheduled for 1:30 pm, after the regular contest. The activity is building and racing cars on the spot.  It is open to all kids who are BayLUG members, either as individual minor members or through a family membership.

In order to have adequate materials, please let us know if you plan to attend. This is not meant to be a mandatory RSVP, but to get an idea how many kids we will have there. You can comment under this post or send email to indicate that you will apply.

Here are the rules of the contest. For more information see the Parents Wiki page about the event (requires login).

Car Construction

• Only cars built from the LEGO elements available at the meeting may race officially.
• Using the provided axles and wheels, build a car that runs on these wheels down the provided race track (a PVC channel).
• There is a 6 wheel limit per car, which may be reduced to 4, depending on the number of participants.
• The car must fit entirely within the start box marked on the channel.
• After a race, you can modify your car and challenge somebody else.

Cars built, or partially built, elsewhere, and/or with non-club LEGO elements may participate as time allows.

Races

The cars will be lined up with their fronts the starting line, the referee will give the starting signal.

The car whose front-most part first passes the finish line is the winner, as determined by the referee, whose decision is final.

If none of the cars makes it all the way to the finish line, Referee can call for a re-race or ask that the cars should be modified before racing again.

Finish and Prizes

After a half or 1 hour (or when deemed appropriate by the organizers) racing will end.  We will take pictures of the participants with their final cars if they so desire, to post on the BayLUG web site.  There maybe a small prize for the winner of each race, by participant age group, or some other prize format.

Racers are reminded that they may also display their car(s) and other vehicle creations at MoAH’s Vintage Vehicle’s Fair, Sunday July 25th!