Pack 42 Pinewood Derby Den Leaders’ Info

All leaders received the car kits for their dens on November 20^th. Please distribute them to your scouts.

On the Hayride evening December 4^th we will hold a “clinic” to provide help and tips to the racers and their Akelas. If and of your den members has worries or questions, encourage them to come for that even if they don’t want to ride in the hay.

The racing will be on a Saturday. The evening before, we will be setting-up in the church basement. The scale will be available. Encourage your den members to pre-weigh. The fastest cars will be close to five ounces in weight. However, no car will be allowed to weight more than five ounces.

On Saturday, January 23^rd we will race at the scheduled times, but racers must surrender their cars 15 minutes before that scheduled time. And while it is true that we will be racing against the clock (and not other cars) to determine the winners, the scouts are required to race at the scheduled time and may not race later in the day.

Note also that the Pack is not providing food. If you want to do that for your den, you must provide it and then manage the necessary clean-up.

This is a big production and involves many volunteers. (The pack is providing coffee and bagels for the volunteers.) Please express the appreciation to any Akelas in your den who have come forward to help. And if you are one of them, please know that one hundred Cub Scouts are grateful.