Device for controlling wheeled vehicles

A device for use in association with wheeled toy vehicles having front and rear wheels which comprises:

• a support structure;
• a vehicle support surface located on said support structure, said support surface including an opening, said opening sized and shaped so as to allow a front wheel of a wheeled toy vehicle to be at least partially located within said opening;
• vehicle energizing means located on said support structure
• said vehicle energizing means including a rotating wheel, a crank, and a clutch means;
• said crank capable of being rotated by the operator of said toy, said clutch means operatively connecting said rotating wheel to said crank, said clutch means for transferring to said rotating wheel rotation of said crank in a first direction, and inhibiting transfer to said rotating wheel rotation of said crank in the opposite direction such that said rotating wheel is rotated in only one direction by said crank;
• said rotating wheel and said opening in said support surface positioned on said support structure in association with one another whereby when said front wheel of said vehicle is located in said opening in said support surface, the rear wheel of said vehicle is positioned on and is supported by said rotating wheel so as to be rotated by said rotating wheel in response to rotation of said rotating wheel by said crank;
• an element movably located on said support structure in association with said opening, said element movable toward and away from said opening;
• release means located on said support structure in association with said element, said release means for moving said element toward said opening, said release means moving said element toward said opening such that said element contacts said front wheel located in said opening and displaces said front wheel from said opening as said element moves toward said opening.