First and foremost, a huge shoutout to DD4H and all the pros here on the forum for sharing your knowledge and guidance.
Last year my son went to districts and was crushed in the competition. The best I could do was to tell him we need to educate ourselves more and work harder. I stumbled upon PDOL and read as much as I could. This year, my son won 1st in his rank, 1st overall and best paint.
Now he heads back to districts. He told me he's very confident in his car and feels like he has a good chance this time. What more as a dad could you ask for or be more proud to hear.
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Kids.... LOL. I will come back and post after we find out how he did and post up all the pic's.
At inspection, the guy stated we took to much off the wheel diameter. So being prepared, we brought two more sets of wheels that were polished and burnished but not sanded other than mold markings. He measured those and told us no good! At this point it was extremely hard to keep cool in front of 100+ Scouts and parents but I did and I asked if the wheels on the table they had were for sale. Of coarse they are! I pulled one from his new set and asked him to measure it. That too did not measure to his gauge. I politely stated that even his wheels did not fit his gauge and it may be possible that his mass produced gauge was incorrect. He said this is the gauge we use as the official gauge, if your son wants to compete for a trophy, his wheels have to fit. Seems we were not the only ones as others were sorting through wheels as well.
