Edgewater Scout Families Gather for 2012 Pinewood Derby

Edgewater Pack 815 held its most competitive Pinewood Derby race ever Jan. 29, at LondonTowne Community Hall.

Accompanied by a chili cook-off, more than 40 cars participated in the race. Each scout received a block of wood made of pine, four plastic wheels and four metal nails for axles. With the help of an adult partner, scouts whittled the block of pine with a hand knife and used different saws to carve and shape their car.  

After sanding and painting, the finished car could not exceed five ounces in weight. Each scout’s car raced six heats, six lanes wide, giving each car a chance to run in every lane. The top three finishers from each of the Tiger, Wolf, Webelos I and Webelos II dens moved onto the championship round.

The finalists finished with only fractions of a second separating them. In the end, Christian Doraisingh came in first place and was crowned the derby champ. Second place went to Ryan Yost, third place to Gus Hammond and fourth place to Kai Brackman.  

The most creative designs were awarded to first place Joey Murphy, second place Clark McCroy and third place Jack Sollers. In the family race, Rory Palmer came in first place, followed by Gabriel Hammond and Sherry Cassilly. 

Our chili cook-off winners went to first place Sandi Brookshire, second place Lynn Redman and third place Brennan Cassilly. 

Editor's Note: Information was submitted by Edgewater Pack 815 scout leader Chad Bahan.