Race Through Time
Featuring Screaming Eagle the World Record 263 Foot Pinewood Derby Track

On June 5^th, 2010, the North Star District broke the Guinness World Record for length of a pinewood derby track. The Screaming Eagle Pinewood Track was 263 feet long and 12 lanes wide. Over 400 racers raced their cars at Camp Crown in Wilmot, Wi. The race was part of a bigger event called a Race through Time. Over 250 volunteers helped the day of the event .

Video one of a car going down the track, rear view    front view

Aerial Shot of the Track.  Shot 2200 feet above the track

Lake County Journal Article   Trib-Local Article

Other events that day included:

Space, ran by pack 627  Pictures of Space
Wild Wild West, ran by Troop 1987 and pack 37. Pictures of Wild Wild West
Pirates, ran by troop 671. Pictures of the Pirates
Swiss Family Robinson, ran by pack 179. Picture of Swiss Family Robinson
The camp store, ran by pack 677
More pictures from Troop 1987

We would like to thank the following companies for the support of this event.

A big thank you goes out to Home Depot for supplying all the materials for the actual track with a value of over $4000.

Pactiv, and Kirk Osterman for bringing the miniature race cars, and donating pictures of all the scouts
Nosco, Pamco Tape and Lable, Lawman Racing, Envisio Graphics, Karen Potempa and Pilot Ken Fotos of Filtertek, Stevens Restaurant in Gurnee.

We would like to thank the following volunteers:

Michelle Bauman as overall chair, Mike Fries as engineering chair, and Chris Hoeflich as Operations Chair put in hundreds of hours on the project before, during and after the race.   They were key in the success of the event.

Lynette Ferro--Activities
Patty Chojnacki—Registration
Mike Beygood—Parking
Ron Russel – Guides
Dan Sabato—Marketing
Bill O’Connor—Pit Crew
Richard Przybylski—Communicator to Guinness
Arlene Herrick--Camp Store
Jeff Hoeflich--First Aid

A big thank you goes out to our Enginering team that made this possible:

Mark Balinski, who also got the supplies provided by Home Depot
Mike Knill, Richard Przybylski, Jim Glass, Bill O’Connor,Mike Komator, Bud Osmond

The Following units helped with the event: 
Packs 37, 1950, 627, 677, 91
Troops 671, 1987, 188, 275
Crews 188, 672, 401, Post 300

Finally a Big Thank you to Craig Curran District Chairman, Tamara Christensen Program Chair, Temple Murphy District Activity Chair, and the rest of the North Star District Committee for pitching in where need be with the event.