How to Make a Wood Car Racing Ramp

Measure the lumber into pieces for your ramps. You need two each of: 30-inch planks; 48-inch planks; 54-inch pieces of wood; and 70-inch planks. You also need two pieces about 2 to 3 inches long to act as stoppers at the tip of each ramp. Cut out all of the pieces.

Stack a 54-inch piece on top of a 70-inch piece so three of the sides line up along the back. The front of the ramp is where the car approaches; the back is the opposite end. Screw and glue this piece into place.

Align a 48-inch piece with the flat edge at the back of your ramp, then glue and screw this piece into place.

Glue the 30-inch piece of wood into place, lining up with the straight back of the ramp. Screw this plank down.

Paste the stoppers down along the back edge of the ramp, lining up with the sides. Screw this into place.

Repeat with the remaining pieces of wood. Leave the ramps to dry overnight.

Cut two 2 1/2-foot sections out of a piece of rail tie, using a chainsaw. Mark the top, front and back of each piece. The front is where the car will approach the ramp.

Mark 18 inches from the front of one piece, along the top. Draw a diagonal line from that mark to the bottom-front corner of the piece.

Cut that triangular mark out of the piece of wood, forming a ramp.

Cut a 2- to 3-inch wedge out of the cut-off triangle of wood. This will become the stopper.

Screw and glue that stopper into place along the back edge of the ramp, leaving about a 16-inch platform for the car tire to rest on.