WESTBOROUGH — The Cub Scouts of Pack 100 Westborough held its annual Pinewood Derby on Feb. 10 at Mill Pond Elementary School.
The event kicked off at 11 a.m. where 45 kids in Pack 100 (K-5th grade) submitted their official cars to be raced, along with 10 siblings, three den chiefs from Troop 100 and nine parent submissions.
All the race cars are constructed from an official Boy Scouts of America Pinewood Derby kit and can weigh no more than 5 ounces. They all have to be the same length and use the same wheels from the kits, but they can be cut and shaped into whatever the Scout imagines.
The cars varied in style — some looked like traditional race cars, others took on the appearance of a teddy in a bed, a Lego tree, a hotdog, a hedgehog, a shark, etc.
Once the races got started, the kids cheered on their friends and siblings; at the very end, the parents even got a chance to race. Trophies were awarded for fastest Scout overall, fastest sibling and fastest adult. There were also awards given to those who took the creativity to the next level, so it wasn’t just about which cars were the fastest.
The fastest Scout cars will be invited to the Mayflower Council’s Pinewood Derby to compete against other packs in the area on April 27 in Canton.
