Warren Cub Scout Pack 182 Holds Annual Pinewood Derby

The smiles on the faces of our Scouts said it all! Scouts and Families were excited to compete in Warren Cub Scout Pack 182’s annual Pinewood Derby, held at Warren Middle School on Saturday January 11th. In the weeks leading up to the race, Cub Scouts of all ranks dreamed up, designed and built their cars. Scouts learn to work with basic tools like coping saws, files & sandpaper to shape their car’s design from a standard sized block of pine wood. They then add a finish, decorations and optimize the car’s axles & wheels, then add weights to bring the car closest to the 5 ounce maximum racing weight. The creativity and ideas the Scouts come up with are impressive every year. Beyond racing for speed alone, our Scouts also voted for best designs in seven categories; Most Realistic Car, Best Scout Spirit, Most Patriotic, Silliest/Craziest Car, Most Futuristic, Best Overall Design and Best Food Design. Some Siblings even joined in the fun with races in their own category.

Our Scout’s Choice Design winners are:

Most Realistic Car: Arvind Raj

Best Scout Spirit: Nick Clar

Most Patriotic: Robert Joki

Silliest/Craziest Car: Sanjay Joshi

Most Futuristic: Jett Vesuvio

Best Overall Design: Tyler Shehady

Best Food Design: Tyler Hayward

The top three speed winners from each Cub Scout Rank are eligible to attend the District Pinewood Derby and compete against scouts from other communities.

The Speed winners are:

Kindergarten - Lion: Beau Carr, Ayden Mistry, Avi Bathla

First Grade - Tiger: Thomas Chu, Chase Sullivan, Lucas Araujo

Second Grade - Wolf: Alex Chibwe, Cash Bolcar, Lucas Toor

Third Grade - Bear: Krish Dave, Consti Bellmann, Ben Carr

Fourth Grade - Webelos: Drew Connolly, Ethan Hammond, Charlie Rexford

Fifth Grade - AOL (Arrow of Light): Marcello Goia, Gideon Minieri, Kayden Thursfield-Ritchie

Our Top Eight Finishers in order of speed are – Marcello Gioia, Krish Dave, Constantin Bellmann, Gideon Minieri, Ben Carr, Kieran Munkegar, Thomas Chu and Brandon Bellish.

Congratulations to all the winners! It was a competitive and impressive showing from our Scouts.