Pine Wood Derby - Cub Scouts Pack 856
It must be that time of year, there have been several employees talking about these events. Because of my complete lack of knowledge on the activity of a Pine Wood Derby, I really thought these participants were going to be standing out in the icy arctic freeze, a little bit crazy I thought. Alas, it is the miniature event that happens during the artic freeze in Chicago and it happens inside. Who would have known!Catalyst Exhibits, Inc, recently sponsored a car for Dave’s son Craig, he is enrolled in the Cary, IL Cub Scouts Pack 857 - Den 1. They recently participated in the 2008 Pinewood Derby on January 26th. This was very exciting for the both of them since this was their first year participating.The top 10 best times of the 50 cars which were entered in the Derby went ahead and advanced to the finals which will be taking place in Rockford, IL. later this year. Unfortunately, they did not qualify for Rockford but they did win something else.
There were four judged categories which included: best design, best paint job, funniest and most original. Mid way through the races, the winners were announced and to their surprise our car was named “Funniest”. What a surprise !
Dave and Craig are happy they won considering all of the time, effort and material that went into designing our Derby car not to mention how many others we were up against. They have already started on their second car for next years races.
They figure that they will need the time to work out the kinks… oh well Dave said ”we may have placed near last place in speed but we sure did WOW the judges with how it looked!”
Dave would like to thank a few people in helping make this happen - Adam in graphics helped with the graphic design and Ron in the paint department helped by applying a clear-coat finish.
Thanks guys!
Tags: catalyst exhibits, cub scouts 856, pinewood derby, sponsor
February 6th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
I remember pinewood derby! I wanted to win soo bad… never did though. I still remember sprinkling the axles with graphite powder and hallowing out the body for weights.
February 8th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Thanks for stopping by Graham!!
February 25th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Wow. That is a really nice looking pinewood derby car. Congrats on the win. Mine were always ugly and slow. Oh well. It was fun making them, though.