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PINEWOOD DERBY CAR SHOWCASE
Cub Scout Theme Cars - Bill & Zachary Williams
Attached is a picture of our recent pinewood derby cars that I thought you may want to share with the other subscribers. I included the car from this year, and the cars from the past two years to show our series of Cub Scout theme cars. When my son was a Tiger Cub, we made the "Flying Tiger", and when he was a Wolf Cub, we made the "Speedy Wolf". This year as a Bear Cub, we made the "Smokin' Bear". His bear car won first in den and first in pack for speed. He also won the appearance award for Best Scout Theme.
By the way, for the first time this year we used the new Tungsten Plates(1). This is a GREAT product!!! We used 6 of them (3 oz. total) under the rear section of the car. Three of them were recessed into the bottom of the car as to make them flush with the bottom of the car. The other three were mounted on top of these and hung below the bottom of the car. We still have plenty of clearance under the car. Our body was very light, about one ounce, and very light in the front of the car. These tungsten plates added an ENORMOUS amount of stability to the car. We only had to add about 2 tungsten cubes more weight to get to five ounces. This is one of the best new products I have seen come on the market.
Formula One - Chris & Jacob Holan
My son Jacob and I worked on this car for last year's pinewood derby. He took one of his matchbox cars and asked me to put the design on the wood. We used a Dremel Tool to help with the fine details. He painted and put on the decals himself. The car took first place in design and would have done better during the race, but dad forgot the graphite for the wheels.
Mack Truck - Roger & Cole VandePoel
Attached is the Mack truck that my son Cole and I built and raced in this year's annual Pack 48 Cub Scout pinewood derby. The truck has six wheels, the center two are raised slightly, such as not to touch the track and slow the truck down. We constructed the top of the cab from material that we removed from the rear. On the rear of the truck is it's name "Easy Mack" named after Cole's favorite lunch snack.
