Wooden racers roll to finish line

Colorful and sleek race cars were assembled Saturday in the pit area beside a long race track inside St. James Catholic School.

Heat-by-heat homemade vehicles raced down the track.

Young car builders handed their cars to the starter man Joe Phillips who placed them on the track. The competitors then strode to the finish line.

The annual Pinewood Derby of Cub Scout Pack 209 is a mix of celebrations and disappointments.

But it’s also fun.

The car entries were judged for design and themes ahead of the races. The following Scouts had the best entries in the categories:

Vintage -Logan Thompson
Futuristic - Joshua Baugher
Cub Scout Theme - Patrick Wilhite
Patriotic - Caleb Strack
Originality - Kyle Mandeville
Cub Scout Choice - Abe Ridder

Here are race results:
Tiger Cubs - Braden Lowe, first, Logan Thompson, second, and Marcus Buchanan, third.
Other Tiger race car builders - Corey Brown, Lance Brott, Brice Watson, and Matthew Wright.
Wolf Cubs - Taylor Biggart, first, Noah Meinecke, second, and Danny Helmer, third.
Other Wolf Cubs included Kyler McFeasters, Skylur Stephenson, Avery Latimer, Scott Schild, Seth Thompson, Abe Ridder, Caleb McElroy, Martin Nuessen, and Michael Wilhite.
BEAR CUBS - Joshua Baugher, first, Garrett Chippeaux, second, and Josh Sutton, third.
Other Bears racers were John George, Thomas Buchanan, Bryson Bergkamp, Kyle Mandeville, and Avin George.
WEBELOS 1 -Patrick Wilhite, first, Isaac Phillips, second, and Christopher Glidewell, third.
Others in Webelos 1 - Joshual Moore, Nick Heater, Aaron Latimer, Josh Korthalsm and John Schild.
WEBELOS 2 - Caleb Strack, first, Sage Thompson, second, and Zack Kuestersteffen, third.
Conner Spellman was the fourth Scout in the Webelo.