Boy Scout Troop 893 of Centreville held its second Soap Box Derby on Oct. 12 at Bull Run Park. Photo by Sarah Major
Boy Scout Troop 893 of Centreville held its second Soap Box Derby on Oct. 12 at Bull Run Park. Soap box derby is an annual scouting tradition where Scouting patrols build cars out of wood and race them against one another. About 30 Scouts participated. The Trailblazer Patrol came in 1st place with a combined time of 80.54 seconds. The Spartan Patrol came in second place with a combined time of 92.80 and the Ranger Patrol was third place with a time of 98.16 seconds. The Troop event was coordinated by Assistant Scoutmaster Adam Weisz, the race director, seen above lining up the soap box derby cars for a race.