Pinewood Derby 2014 Poplar Montana

Pinewood Derby 2014

The track that we use actually belongs to the Presbyterian church, but we store it for them because they don't have room.  Elder Allsop and I decided and with Pastor Susie's permission, that it needed a face life so we painted it bright colors.  The Cub Scouts were very excited about it all.

Two of the Missionary Elders got into the act and created their own car from a discarded block of wood in the meetinghouse closet.  Elder Wilson and Elder Scramm's are shown with Pres. Hollom putting the finishing touches on their missionary car.

Pictured are the derby cars that Elder Allsop made and the Missionary's car.  Their's is in the center.  They made sure everyone knew it was their car.  Poplar is written on the front fender and their names are on the back fender, with the church's name on the hood.  Elder Allsop just wrapped a block of wood in a Hersey's wrapper for one of his cars, and streamlined another.  Both of his cars were winners every time because he was very good at setting the wheels just right and adding the weights in the right places.
Of Course only the Cub Scout boys were declared winners.

We had 10 very good looking cars and most were winners at some point.  Third one from the left was made by a father of two of our Cubs.  He learned a few lessons about not making the car too light weight.  It didn't fair so well in the competition.

We ordered little trophys from Al's Trophys in our home area of Logan, Utah and participation ribbons from the Scout Office.  Also pictured are the rank advancements and awards the boys had earned and was presented that night.

The night was so much fun.  Each boy got to race many times and a winner was declared.  Wayne was awarded with a candy bar of his choice as well as the second and third place winners.
Our Missionary Elders helped us and even got to race Elder Allsop's cars.

We were pleased that the parents supported the event, and we even invited Pastor Susie from the Presbyterian church and Father Bebe of the Catholic church. They both came.