Blackhawk 500
Date: Saturday, May 21, 2011
Location: Blackhawk Auto Museum - 3700 Blackhawk Plaza Cir. Danville, CA 94506
Cost: $25
The 12th Annual Mt. Diablo Silverado Pinewood Derby Championship is coming to the Blackhawk Auto Museum in Danville on May 21st, 2011! All Cubs from within the Council are invited to participate.
There will be racing, a design competition & great food. During the event the whole family can tour the Blackhawk Museum's magnificent auto collection and the fabulous exhibits. There will be tons of neat stuff to see and do! Wear your Scout uniform and get in free.
Registration info and event rules will be available at blackhawk500.org. Please contact Tim Welty with any questions at (925) 674-6125 or by email.
Pinewood Derby Wrapup
Pack 1776,
Our Pinewood Derby was a rousing success and I want to congratulate all of the Scouts that participated. We saw some amazing looking cars and some of the fastest times we have ever had!
A very special thanks goes out to our Pinewood Derby committee members Harry Beck and Joe Magdaleno! Harry did a ton of planning and hosted workshops and the official weigh-in. Sam, whose son will be bridging to Boy Scouts this year, handed over the reins of the event to Harry and we want to especially thank him for all the work he has done this year and in the past. With such a huge event, it is the efforts of several years of Pinewood Derbies that makes things run so smoothly. We have a track that is phenomenal, complicated software and people that know how to run it and many others behind the scenes that make this day happen for the kids.
There were some errors with the sibling races that we have already addressed. Unfortunately, this caused the rankings to be incorrect. We have posted the actual times of all races on the website so that everyone can view the raw times as well as the finished rankings for Scouts. Since we did have Scouts that did not race a car, we had extra medals and all siblings that raced should have received one. We do not normally provide these and cannot provide trophies to siblings due to the Packs limited resources and the fact that siblings do not pay dues. If a sibling race participant did not receive a medal, please let me know and I will try to get one for them.
All Scouts that raced should have also received a temporary drivers license. I provide these and ran out of supplies to finish the normal drivers licenses before the race. These are now all finished and I will be outside the school office Thursday, 02/03 after school to hand these out. I will be in uniform to help Scouts find me. If your Scout is unable to pick up their license tomorrow after school, I will turn these over to their Den Leader to hand out at your next Den Meeting.
Congratulations Scouts on one of the most exciting races I have seen! Our top winners for Pack 1776, Brandon B, Marc R and Jacob L will represent us well at the Blackhawk 500!
And again, thank you to all of the Committee members, volunteers and parents that helped make this event happen.
Yours in Scouting,
Cubmaster Macey
Lowe’s Pinewood Derby Days
It may be a little too late to talk about this, but if you are like me who feel that Pinewood Derby has just begun, with a strong urge to dig up those long tossed physics textbooks, or if you are suddenly bombarded with energy terms at the dining table, this might be for you.
Lowe's at Dublin (call ahead for other locations) will be hosting Pinewood Derby Days on the following Saturdays from 11am to 1pm:
- February 5, 2011 (Nah! You won't want to miss the Pack hike for this one!!)
- February 19, 2011
- March 5, 2011
Let the excitement lives on and head over there to pick up a few more tips (as if you haven't gotten enough from the pros at last Sunday's race). Be Prepared! for the next PWD, which is right around the corner on April 23! And for the patch collectors, they have got you covered. More info here.
Pinewood Derby Results
I hope everyone had fun at the Pinewood Derby today!
Results and pictures are now available. Check that out.
Pinewood Derby Weigh In
Don't miss one of the highlights of the Cub Scout year! For those boys participating in the Pinewood Derby Sunday, weigh in will take place Saturday, January 29th, from 10:00am to 2:00pm at Harry's home. If for some reason you cannot make it during this time, you can email Harry Beck or Joe Magdaleno to make other arrangements for weigh in prior to Sunday.
New Page on Pinewood Derby
A new webpage has been added to our website for Pinewood Derby. Check out the rules and FAQ, and start early designing your winning car! More to come.
Pinewood Derby Primer
You received a pinewood derby kit. Now is the time to start planning. Here's a primer to get you started. More info to come.
Blackhawk 500 Winners
Congratulations to our very own
Alexander B. (Den 4) and Brandon B. (Den 3)
for winning first place
in the Council-wide Pinewood Derby races!
Go here to see all the results.
Blackhawk 500 PWD Race
Event: Blackhawk 500 Pinewood Derby Race
Date: Saturday, April 24, 2010
Registration deadline: Friday, April 16, 2010
Location: Blackhawk Auto Museum
Pack 1776 Families-
A couple of big announcements: As described below, all cubs are invited to participate in the upcoming Blackhawk 500 pinewood derby race.
AND, special congratulations to our very own Saket A. from Den 12 who won the council wide Blackhawk 500 patch as displayed above. The patch contest was open to all the over 10,000 cub scout youths council wide. AWESOME JOB! Congrats!!
Proudly yours in scouting,
Cubmaster Ed
Online registration is open, REGISTER NOW!
The 11th Annual Mt. Diablo Silverado Pinewood Derby Championship is coming to the Blackhawk Auto Museum in Danville on April 24th, 2010! All Cubs from within the Council are invited to participate.
There will be racing, a design competition & great food. We will once again have an open Class for Boy Scouts and Adults! During the event the whole family can tour the Blackhawk Museum's magnificent auto collection and the fabulous exhibits. There will be tons of neat stuff to see and do! Wear your Scout uniform and get in free.
Mandatory car inspections and impounding will occur at the Council Office from 7:00pm to 8:30pm on April 19th, 20th, and 21st. Event rules will be posted here when they become available.
We are also looking for ethusiastic volunteers to help out with the event this year. If you are interested, please contact Tim Welty; [email protected] or 925-674-6125.
Check www.bsa-mdsc.org/bh500 for all the latest race information.
Contact Stephan Olvera, Event Chairman, at (925) 786-3224 or at [email protected] with any questions.
Registration by April 16th!
Register for the 2010 Blackhawk 500!
Patch Design Contest
Congratulations to Saket A. of Pack 1776 for submitting the winning patch design!
We Have A Winner!
Congratulations to Saket A. of Den 12 for winning this year's Blackhawk 500 patch design contest!!
Great Job!
