Here are some of the different names used by different organizations for their model car and model sailboat races. If you know of any other names used by other organizations, please let me know . Here are some of the different names used by different organizations for other model vehicle races. If you know of any other races sponsored by other organizations, please let me know . CSB's Shape N Sled Derby Christian Service Brigade sponsors the Shape N Sled Derby.
Participants build model sleds.
The course is made by packing snow into raingutters, leaving a depression in the packed snow to guide the sleds down the course. This is a good outdoor event during a cold, snowy winter. BSA's Space Derby The Boy Scouts of America sponsors the Space Derby. Participants build model rockets with propellers powered by rubber bands. The course is made by stretching wires or strings tautly across a room, and the model rockets are supported by an eye hook at each end.