Pinewood Derby Race Tracking

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For years our pack has run races based on an antiquated race tracking system that, if you know what you're doing, runs great. Downsides were:

  • It has always been attached to an old Windows laptop, (running Win 97 :-0 ) that we have always been scared won't start the next year when we pull it out of the box. One day its going to be an expense the pack will need to absorb unless a good option was discovered
  • You have to KNOW what you were doing with the software to make it run; with the turnover in scout parents and leadership over the years, the knowledge disappears

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After the first few months of using Airtable, I knew an Airtable Base could serve the same purpose and take some of the load off of the race officials, plus give some great visuals to the scouts by way of the Gallery view.

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This system is not perfect, and isn't a fully automated system, but its simple enough that anyone who's found their way here should be able to use it.

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I share this with you in good health and best wishes! Boogity, Boogity, Boogity! Lets go racing drivers!

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Updated March 27, 2022 at 5:45 PM
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Dillon O

Numbers geek, driver, Landman, I do a bit of it all.
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