Pinewood Derby

January 27, 2007

Pinewood Derby Time! What a day we had, such energy, great designs and SO MUCH FUN!!! Here's Cubmaster Cori getting things ready.

The big Race Day started out with our Bears and since there were only two of them, they both took trophies! Ricky Roesch came in first with the most wins, but Zach Rosebrock wasn’t far behind with his second place win.

The next rank of boys to race was our Wolves, this was their second year for the Derby and they were as excited as ever. The final results of their race ended with John Ross Comes impressing the judges in the design competition and being awarded Best Design, August Dreier finishing in first place, Drew Whipple taking second and Jeff Walter coming in third . The most exciting race of the day came when our Tigers took to the track for their first Pinewood Derby Race. All ten of the first graders were so excited to find out how all the hard work that they put into their cars was going to pay off. Jacob Skomer won for Best Design and Daniel Powers took third place. The first and second place winners ended the initial race in a tie, so they had to determine the winner by racing best two out of three. I don’t know who was more anxious at this point, the boys racing or their parents. In the end, Emmett Krall came in second place, finished just shy of our first place winner Tyler Wittel. Tyler and his dad had a great celebration at the end of the race with mom on the sidelines cheering her heart out. After all of the excitement of the Tigers we had our veteran Webelos I and Webelos II races. A new addition to our pack this year, Tristan Golden, came in and overwhelmed the design judges to win Best Design. Christian Pina took second place and Sean Dooley came in first place in the race competition. The last group of scouts to race for the day was the Webelos II den. Being that this was their final year to be a part of the official race, each and every boy took this one very seriously. Trevor Walsh won the design competition with his Pac Man Ghost car and Matt Dougherty, Jacob Ransom and Justin King placed first, second and third respectively. After these scouts were done racing they wasted no time getting ready to do some judging themselves. As a tradition in our Pinewood Derby, the Webelos II den gets to judge the cars that enter the Adult/Alumni Scout Race. I think that the boys remembered five years of design interviews and tortured each and every contestant. This year there were six contestants in the adult race: Bob Wittel, Bob Sadowy, Cori Whipple, Chris Roth, Andy Jacobs and Kyle Mauter. Much to the dismay of Andy Jacobs and Kyle Mauter (two of our boy scouts), they were disqualified after the race due to the fact that they used cars that were made in previous years by Mr. Jay Mauter and known to be winners. Once that was determined, results were as follows: Bob Sadowy - 1st place, Cori Whipple - 2nd place and Chris Roth took both 3rd place and the award for Best Design. Regardless of the who had the fastest car or the best looking car, I know that all of the boys had a fantastic day and truly had fun, which is what it is all about!

A special thanks goes out to Jay Mauter and the boys in Troop 146 for all of their help to make this a Pinewood Derby that everyone will remember. The whole day was a great success and the cub scouts that took first place, second place and Best Design will advance on to the District Derby which is set to be held on March 10, 2007. Good Luck to you boys!