Rad Racers
What's more exciting than racing pine cars? Racing pine cars IN THE DARK! Here's how to prepare your car to race in the dark under the blacklights on our glow-in-the-dark track!
Our track is equipped with fluorescent trim that glows under blacklight, so the fun cranks up to 11 when the lights go out. But not every car can run in the dark - only cars with lights or fluorescent elements qualify for RAD RACING. Here's how to prep your car to enjoy the fun.
Fluorescent Paint
Head down to Home Depot and grab a can of fluorescent spray paint. Green and yellow really look great under the blacklight. Blue does not. Glow-in-the-dark paint doesn't work at all because there's too much light from the blacklights.
Fluorescent WHEELS
Believe it or not, there are legal wheels that fluoresce under blacklight. Green, yellow, and pink look great, but again, blue doesn't, and there is too much light for glow-in-the-dark wheels to work, although they do look cool in your kid's bedroom at night.
Not that I've been in your kid's bedroom at night, but they look cool in MY kid's bedroom at night, and I'm sure they'll look great in yours, too.
Fluorescent TAPE
Direct Glow has fluorescent gaffer tape that works great on Pine Cars. You can either cover your entire car it in, use it as pinstriping, or cut it into unique designs.
LED LIGHTS
Pine Car has underglow kits and head and taillight kits made just for pine cars. You can also use companies that make lights for LEGO, like BrickStuff, to add all kinds of effects to your car!
Race Format
Most Rad Races operate using a King of the Mountain format, which doesn't require race management software. Qualifying cars are lined up and raced in each lane in order. The fastest car after the first heat will hold the title of King of the Mountain until its time is beaten, and a new King will be crowned. When all cars have raced in every lane, the last standing King will be declared the winner. There are no subgroups or runners-up.