Local scouts test engineering skills in Pinewood Derby January 11, 2009
Local Cub Scouts participated in the Pinewood Derby Saturday at Prairie Park School. It’s a rite of passage for Cub Scouts. Hours spent in the basement with your dad, whittling a block of wood, shaping it for maximum speed, lathering it in lacquered paint, countless test-drives on the kitchen floor. Some are lucky enough to have pinewood cars that zip across the racetrack. Others are less fortunate. The Pinewood Derby first took place in 1953.
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Young fans Nicholas Guerrero (from left), Will Damron, Justin Miller Max Briggs and Devin Duncin watch as the final cars come in a close finish. Cub Scouts with Pack 3071 held their pinewood derby race Saturday at Prairie Park School in Lawrence.
Cub Scouts with Pack 3071 held their pinewood derby race Saturday at Prairie Park School in Lawrence. Master of ceremonies Jeff Morris hand his hands full with the mircophone and the starter switch for the race.
Cub Scouts with Pack 3071 held their pinewood derby race Saturday at Prairie Park School in Lawrence. Finish line judges Matt Dominguez (left) and his brother Andy wait the two cars to finished their heat while some fans record the action on their cell phones.
Some of the cars wait for the open division round of the race. Cub Scouts with Pack 3071 held their pinewood derby race Saturday at Prairie Park School in Lawrence.
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