 Please provide your Scout's car name - plus any sibling/parent car names - to your den leader by Friday, January 13th. Den leaders, pass the names to me once you have all the names in your den. The derby will be held at Grace Community Church at 5102 Old National Pike in Frederick. This is the church just up the hill from the I-70 East interchange on Alt 40. It's the same turn as for Ft. Knox Self-Storage. Registration opens at 7 pm on Friday, January 27th and goes until 9 pm. Once a car passes inspection and is registered, it is left at the registration table. We will also be setting up the track that evening. Help is appreciated. Registration re-opens at 8 am on Saturday, January 28th. Races begin at 9 am. Refreshments will be available for sale. Please impress upon your Scouts the need to respect Grace Community Church's environment, as well as other Scouts when their cars are not racing. We have 35-40 races to run, and each race only involves 4 cars. Scouts will therefore spend about 90% of their time as spectators. Any questions on car construction, please do not hesitate to ask your den leader or myself. Have fun and good luck! Bill "Assistant Cubmaster" Turner
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Pinewood Derby - 28 Jan 2012posted Dec 27, 2011 5:33 PM by Tim Rapp |
Are your scouts all ready to race this weekend? It's time for the Pinewood Derby!
Check-in is this Friday, 1/27, between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. at the Grace Community Church at 5102 Old National Pike (the church by Trout Liquors on ALT 40). The Bears are running the check-in and the race and will be weighing and measuring all cars to confirm that they are eligible to run on Saturday. There will be a "pit" with tools to help correct anything that doesn't pass. Once the car is checked in and eligible to race, it will remain at the church in a secure area overnight.
The rules for the Pinewood Derby are attached. Please read them to confirm that your scout's car will be eligible for the race.
A second check-in time will be provided at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, 1/28, at the church, if you cannot make it to the regular check-in.
Once check-in is complete on Saturday, the scouts will vote on their favorite cars for Best Paint Job, Scariest, Funniest, etc. The official race will begin at 9:00 a.m.
The Webelo 1's will be running the concession stand from 8:00 a.m. throughout the race. They will have donuts, bottles of water, coffee, and juiceboxes for sale. Please bring cash if you would like to purchase a snack or breakfast at the race.
Please keep in mind that only 4 cars can race at a time, so the boys will have a lot of downtime while they watch their friends race. Please remind them that they need to be on their best Cub Scout behavior while they wait for their turn to race. That means showing respect to the racers and to the church facility.
Please contact me or Bill Turner if you have any questions about the Derby. We're all excited to see this year's cars race!
See you on Friday or Saturday~
Elizabeth Bloom
Committee Chair
(301) 524-8333
elizabeth@thebloomfamily.org