Kub Kar Rally Rules 2008

Construction Specifications:

1. Parents, guardians and leaders are welcomed and encouraged to provide support, encouragement, guidance and advice, as well as to demonstration how to do something, and help in using potentially hazardous tools, but the Kub Kar shall be the work of a Cub;

2. All Kars entered must be NEW and NOT from previous years;

3. Overall width, including wheels, shall not exceed 7 cm (2.7 inches);

4. NEW RULE -- OVERALL HEIGHT SHALL NOT EXCEED SIX (6) INCHES;

5. Length shall not exceed 17.8 cm (7 inches);

6. Weight shall not exceed 142 g (5 ounces) or be less than 130 g. The scale used at registration will be final;

7. The minimum distance between the wheels is 4.5 cm (1.8 inches);

8. Clearance between the chassis and the track should be 0.95 cm (0.4 inches);

9. Axles, wheels, and body shall be from the materials provided in the official Scouts Canada Kub Kar Kit;

10. Axels may be polished. Wheels – plastic spurs and wheel seams may be removed but no other shaping or modification to the wheel is allowed. The contact surface of the wheel must be flat as it sits on the track.

11. Wheel bearings, washers, and bushings are not permitted;

12. No lubricating oil may be used. Only powdered graphite or powdered teflon are acceptable lubricants;

13. The Kar shall not ride on any kind of spring. The Kar must be free-wheeling, with no starting or propulsion devices;

14. No loose material of any kind is allowed in the Kar;

15. All four wheels shall be in contact with the track; and

16. Race numbers must be placed on top of the Kar in plain view.

Race Day Rules

1. Each Kar must pass a final inspection and meet all construction specifications before registration. After inspection, Kars will be impounded;

2. All assembly, lubrication and adjustments must be completed PRIOR to final inspection. Repairs to Kars damaged during racing may be permitted at the discretion of race organizers;

3. If a Kar leaves the track, the heat will be re-run. If a Kar leaves the track a second time in the same heat, it is up to the discretion of the race organizers as to whether the heat will be re-run again.

4. If a Kar interferes with another Kar, affecting the outcome of a heat, the heat will be re-run. If the same Kar interferes a second time, the Kar will be disqualified from the heat and the heat re-run;

5. All registered Kars will compete in six races (once in each lane of the race track);

• Race times in these six races will be added up for total time to determine the fastest Kars;
• The fastest Kar of each participating Pack is automatically entered into finals; and
• The next fastest ranked Kars will get the remaining spots in the finals;

6. Each Kar in the final will compete in six races (once in each lane of the race track). Race times in these six races will be added up for total time to determine the fastest Kar;