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![Denton Shields, from Pack 11, takes fourth place in the Tigers category of the Timucua District 2009 Pinewood Derby, Feb. 28, at Riverview High School. With him is Mack Darr, District PWD co-chair and cubmaster for Pack 690, who said results and information can also be accessed on the Pack 690 web site.
Denton's car averaged 2.7853 seconds, which is just one of many statistics Darr relayed throughout the daylong competition. For starters, Darr said, going into the day's competition (minus last-minute registrants) there were 256 total contestants, comprised of Tigers (kindergarten and first grade), Cubs (Wolves and Bears, second and third grade) and Webelos (grades 4 and 5).
Darr also paid tribute to the pinewood derby tradition, which calls for boys, with the help of their parents, to build their wooden cars from kits containing a block of pine, plastic wheels and metal axles.The derby tradition started on May 15, 1953, when Don Murphy, a cubmaster in Manhattan Beach, Calif., sought a replacement for his son who was too young to participate in the popular Soap Box Derby races. Much smaller and easier to build, the miniature wooden cars tested, though, tested the same theory of speed powered by gravity. Murphy died last year but spent decades watching and helping to build the derby tradition. As Darr put it: "He did come out and run quite a few derbies, even at 85, 86." Darr noted, too, that "more than 69 million [derby car] kits had been sold to scouts all over the world."](http://www.mypapernow.com/Other/Boy-Scouts-Timucua-District/i-NK4nFBB/0/Ti/DSC_0349-Ti.jpg "Denton Shields, from Pack 11, takes fourth place in the Tigers category of the Timucua District 2009 Pinewood Derby, Feb. 28, at Riverview High School. With him is Mack Darr, District PWD co-chair and cubmaster for Pack 690, who said results and information can also be accessed on the Pack 690 web site.
Denton's car averaged 2.7853 seconds, which is just one of many statistics Darr relayed throughout the daylong competition. For starters, Darr said, going into the day's competition (minus last-minute registrants) there were 256 total contestants, comprised of Tigers (kindergarten and first grade), Cubs (Wolves and Bears, second and third grade) and Webelos (grades 4 and 5).
Darr also paid tribute to the pinewood derby tradition, which calls for boys, with the help of their parents, to build their wooden cars from kits containing a block of pine, plastic wheels and metal axles.The derby tradition started on May 15, 1953, when Don Murphy, a cubmaster in Manhattan Beach, Calif., sought a replacement for his son who was too young to participate in the popular Soap Box Derby races. Much smaller and easier to build, the miniature wooden cars tested, though, tested the same theory of speed powered by gravity. Murphy died last year but spent decades watching and helping to build the derby tradition. As Darr put it: \"He did come out and run quite a few derbies, even at 85, 86.\" Darr noted, too, that \"more than 69 million [derby car] kits had been sold to scouts all over the world.\"")
Denton Shields, from Pack 11, takes fourth place in the Tigers category of the Timucua District 2009 Pinewood Derby, Feb. 28, at Riverview High School. With him is Mack Darr, District PWD co-chair and cubmaster for Pack 690, who said results and information can also be accessed on the Pack 690 web site.
Denton's car averaged 2.7853 seconds, which is just one of many statistics Darr relayed throughout the daylong competition. For starters, Darr said, going into the day's competition (minus last-minute registrants) there were 256 total contestants, comprised of Tigers (kindergarten and first grade), Cubs (Wolves and Bears, second and third grade) and Webelos (grades 4 and 5).
Darr also paid tribute to the pinewood derby tradition, which calls for boys, with the help of their parents, to build their wooden cars from kits containing a block of pine, plastic wheels and metal axles.The derby tradition started on May 15, 1953, when Don Murphy, a cubmaster in Manhattan Beach, Calif., sought a replacement for his son who was too young to participate in the popular Soap Box Derby races. Much smaller and easier to build, the miniature wooden cars tested, though, tested the same theory of speed powered by gravity. Murphy died last year but spent decades watching and helping to build the derby tradition. As Darr put it: "He did come out and run quite a few derbies, even at 85, 86." Darr noted, too, that "more than 69 million [derby car] kits had been sold to scouts all over the world."
Denton's car averaged 2.7853 seconds, which is just one of many statistics Darr relayed throughout the daylong competition. For starters, Darr said, going into the day's competition (minus last-minute registrants) there were 256 total contestants, comprised of Tigers (kindergarten and first grade), Cubs (Wolves and Bears, second and third grade) and Webelos (grades 4 and 5).
Darr also paid tribute to the pinewood derby tradition, which calls for boys, with the help of their parents, to build their wooden cars from kits containing a block of pine, plastic wheels and metal axles.The derby tradition started on May 15, 1953, when Don Murphy, a cubmaster in Manhattan Beach, Calif., sought a replacement for his son who was too young to participate in the popular Soap Box Derby races. Much smaller and easier to build, the miniature wooden cars tested, though, tested the same theory of speed powered by gravity. Murphy died last year but spent decades watching and helping to build the derby tradition. As Darr put it: "He did come out and run quite a few derbies, even at 85, 86." Darr noted, too, that "more than 69 million [derby car] kits had been sold to scouts all over the world."
Pack 690 web site.
Denton's car averaged 2.7853 seconds, which is just one of many statistics Darr relayed throughout the daylong competition. For starters, Darr said, going into the day's competition (minus last-minute registrants) there were 256 total contestants, comprised of Tigers (kindergarten and first grade), Cubs (Wolves and Bears, second and third grade) and Webelos (grades 4 and 5).
Darr also paid tribute to the pinewood derby tradition, which calls for boys, with the help of their parents, to build their wooden cars from kits containing a block of pine, plastic wheels and metal axles.The derby tradition started on May 15, 1953, when Don Murphy, a cubmaster in Manhattan Beach, Calif., sought a replacement for his son who was too young to participate in the popular Soap Box Derby races. Much smaller and easier to build, the miniature wooden cars tested, though, tested the same theory of speed powered by gravity. Murphy died last year but spent decades watching and helping to build the derby tradition. As Darr put it: "He did come out and run quite a few derbies, even at 85, 86." Darr noted, too, that "more than 69 million [derby car] kits had been sold to scouts all over the world."" href="javascript:openLB(482362429,'',XLarge,'',933,768);">![Denton Shields, from Pack 11, takes fourth place in the Tigers category of the Timucua District 2009 Pinewood Derby, Feb. 28, at Riverview High School. With him is Mack Darr, District PWD co-chair and cubmaster for Pack 690, who said results and information can also be accessed on the Pack 690 web site.
Denton's car averaged 2.7853 seconds, which is just one of many statistics Darr relayed throughout the daylong competition. For starters, Darr said, going into the day's competition (minus last-minute registrants) there were 256 total contestants, comprised of Tigers (kindergarten and first grade), Cubs (Wolves and Bears, second and third grade) and Webelos (grades 4 and 5).
Darr also paid tribute to the pinewood derby tradition, which calls for boys, with the help of their parents, to build their wooden cars from kits containing a block of pine, plastic wheels and metal axles.The derby tradition started on May 15, 1953, when Don Murphy, a cubmaster in Manhattan Beach, Calif., sought a replacement for his son who was too young to participate in the popular Soap Box Derby races. Much smaller and easier to build, the miniature wooden cars tested, though, tested the same theory of speed powered by gravity. Murphy died last year but spent decades watching and helping to build the derby tradition. As Darr put it: "He did come out and run quite a few derbies, even at 85, 86." Darr noted, too, that "more than 69 million [derby car] kits had been sold to scouts all over the world."](http://www.mypapernow.com/Other/Boy-Scouts-Timucua-District/i-NK4nFBB/0/L/DSC_0349-L.jpg "Denton Shields, from Pack 11, takes fourth place in the Tigers category of the Timucua District 2009 Pinewood Derby, Feb. 28, at Riverview High School. With him is Mack Darr, District PWD co-chair and cubmaster for Pack 690, who said results and information can also be accessed on the Pack 690 web site.
Denton's car averaged 2.7853 seconds, which is just one of many statistics Darr relayed throughout the daylong competition. For starters, Darr said, going into the day's competition (minus last-minute registrants) there were 256 total contestants, comprised of Tigers (kindergarten and first grade), Cubs (Wolves and Bears, second and third grade) and Webelos (grades 4 and 5).
Darr also paid tribute to the pinewood derby tradition, which calls for boys, with the help of their parents, to build their wooden cars from kits containing a block of pine, plastic wheels and metal axles.The derby tradition started on May 15, 1953, when Don Murphy, a cubmaster in Manhattan Beach, Calif., sought a replacement for his son who was too young to participate in the popular Soap Box Derby races. Much smaller and easier to build, the miniature wooden cars tested, though, tested the same theory of speed powered by gravity. Murphy died last year but spent decades watching and helping to build the derby tradition. As Darr put it: \"He did come out and run quite a few derbies, even at 85, 86.\" Darr noted, too, that \"more than 69 million [derby car] kits had been sold to scouts all over the world.\"")
Denton Shields, from Pack 11, takes fourth place in the Tigers category of the Timucua District 2009 Pinewood Derby, Feb. 28, at Riverview High School. With him is Mack Darr, District PWD co-chair and cubmaster for Pack 690, who said results and information can also be accessed on the Pack 690 web site.
Denton's car averaged 2.7853 seconds, which is just one of many statistics Darr relayed throughout the daylong competition. For starters, Darr said, going into the day's competition (minus last-minute registrants) there were 256 total contestants, comprised of Tigers (kindergarten and first grade), Cubs (Wolves and Bears, second and third grade) and Webelos (grades 4 and 5).
Darr also paid tribute to the pinewood derby tradition, which calls for boys, with the help of their parents, to build their wooden cars from kits containing a block of pine, plastic wheels and metal axles.The derby tradition started on May 15, 1953, when Don Murphy, a cubmaster in Manhattan Beach, Calif., sought a replacement for his son who was too young to participate in the popular Soap Box Derby races. Much smaller and easier to build, the miniature wooden cars tested, though, tested the same theory of speed powered by gravity. Murphy died last year but spent decades watching and helping to build the derby tradition. As Darr put it: "He did come out and run quite a few derbies, even at 85, 86." Darr noted, too, that "more than 69 million [derby car] kits had been sold to scouts all over the world."
Denton's car averaged 2.7853 seconds, which is just one of many statistics Darr relayed throughout the daylong competition. For starters, Darr said, going into the day's competition (minus last-minute registrants) there were 256 total contestants, comprised of Tigers (kindergarten and first grade), Cubs (Wolves and Bears, second and third grade) and Webelos (grades 4 and 5).
Darr also paid tribute to the pinewood derby tradition, which calls for boys, with the help of their parents, to build their wooden cars from kits containing a block of pine, plastic wheels and metal axles.The derby tradition started on May 15, 1953, when Don Murphy, a cubmaster in Manhattan Beach, Calif., sought a replacement for his son who was too young to participate in the popular Soap Box Derby races. Much smaller and easier to build, the miniature wooden cars tested, though, tested the same theory of speed powered by gravity. Murphy died last year but spent decades watching and helping to build the derby tradition. As Darr put it: "He did come out and run quite a few derbies, even at 85, 86." Darr noted, too, that "more than 69 million [derby car] kits had been sold to scouts all over the world."
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