It's ~12in long by ~3in wide, and they really did not specify how strong it needs to be, just that they did not have a great stopping system, just some sort of netting contraption, probably some sort of runway.
The mache idea sounds great, i never thought of that.
Thanks for your help so far.
For a competition we are building a slot car, and we are building ours in a typical drag/CO2 car fasion. We need the body to be light as possible yet strong enough to survive the crash into the netting at the end of the track (shouldnt be too hard of an impact)
Our current idea is to carve the...