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SUMMARY:Chili Cook-off & Pine Car Races
DESCRIPTION:Get ready for a sizzling good time at our Chili Cook-Off and Pine Car Races!\nWhether you’re tasting, racing, or competing, it’s going to be a day full of flavor and fun. Bring your best chili, face off with other top cooks, and see if you can take home the title of Chili Champion! Trophies and medals will also be awarded to the top Pine Car racers!\n \n \nGo to top\nCosts:\nChili Entrance Fee:\n$5 per entry\nPrizes to be awarded\nPine Car Kit Fee:\n$7 per kit\nIncludes a block of wood for the car body, and wheels. Weights are not included.\nRace Entry Fee:\n$5 per car\nAnyone entering or re-entering a car into the race will be subject to the entry fee.\nGo to top\nImportant Dates: \nIn Person Registration & Sales\nOPEN\nThere will be a sign-up sheet in the great hall after each Sunday service.  It's alright if you don't pay at sign-up as someone from the Social Committee will follow afterwards for payment. \nOnline Registration & Sales:\nOPEN\nWe accept debit, or credit card (Visa or Mastercard)\nFinal Check-in: \nJanuary 31, 2026 9-11 am\nCheck-ins can take place during any of our build workshops or as stated above. \nGo to top\nInstructions for the Chili Masters:\n\nIf you are bringing a chili the drop off time is 9:30-10:30am, Race Day (Nov 23rd), at that time you will fill out a card with basic ingredients for people with allergies and special diets. Please provide Crock Pots or some kind of insulation to help keep the Chili warm until we can eat at Noon along with our Pine Car Races. Also consider filling out a registration form to let us know how many are bringing chili (optional).\nThere will be an entry fee for each chili entered into the contest (prizes will be awarded).\n\nGo to top\nWhat is the Pine Car Derby?\nThe Pine Car Derby is a race where Children and Adults build cars to race them down a track and see who's fastest. The idea is simple but the trick is building the car in the right way to maximize it's speed. Erskine has an aluminum track with four lanes where four cars can race head to head.\nYou might need to do further reading if you want to win! https://www.wired.com/2010/12/pinewood-derby-physics/ ( https://www.wired.com/2010/12/pinewood-derby-physics/ )\nGo to top\nHow Can You Build your Dream Car?\nWe’re offering 3 FREE workshops where racers can build, paint, and decorate their Pine Cars with everything they need—saws, drills, sandpaper, patterns, paint, glue, decals, and more—all provided on-site. Don’t worry if you prefer working solo—these workshops are completely optional, so you can build your masterpiece at home if that’s your preference.  For more information, click the button below.\n Pine Car Build Workshops\nGo to top\nHow do we get a Pine Car Kit?\nOnce you have registered and paid for the pine car kit (including the entrance fee) we will supply you with a kit after a Sunday service or at our workshop.\nGo to top\nWhat are the Race Divisions/Classes (and why do we have them)?\nRace divisions are a way we divide the different cars into separate divisions so that everyone can race and have a chance to win!\nEvery division will be split up between Adult and Youth.\nStreet Class\nWeighing no more than 4 ounces. A special competition for those who didn't pack enough weight into their pine car.\nMuscle Class\nWeighted and no more than 5 ounces. This is the standard race division and requires some precision engineering if you want to stand a chance to win.\nFunny Car Class\nAnything goes and let your imagination go wild (includes cars weighing more than 5 ounces). The goal could be to make a Christmas Float Car or maybe you just don't like the constraints of 5 ounces. Making it through the finish gate is not required nor is the wheels staying on for that matter.\nGo to top\nAre there other ways to win?\nYou are a winner just for coming! But also we have some other competitions based on the Cars appearance. There are four categories which everyone will vote on including: Most Colourful, Most Realistic, Most Intimidating, and Most Imaginative. The cars are on display before the race, come check them out!\n if("undefined" !== typeof jQuery && null!= jQuery){jQuery(".sfsi_plus_widget").each(function( index ) {\n		if(jQuery(this).attr("data-position") == "widget")\n		{\n			var wdgt_hght = jQuery(this).children(".sfsiplus_norm_row.sfsi_plus_wDiv").height();\n			var title_hght = jQuery(this).parent(".widget.sfsi_plus").children(".widget-title").height();\n			var totl_hght = parseInt( title_hght ) + parseInt( wdgt_hght );\n			jQuery(this).parent(".widget.sfsi_plus").css("min-height", totl_hght+"px");\n		}\n	});}\n
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