Best of the Block ; Cub Scouts Compete with Homemade Cars Created with a Piece of Wood, Some Standard Wheels, and Gravity.

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For the past decade, John Trott has emceed the Pinewood Derby championship for the Casco Bay District, and he never can tell which cars will be fastest.

"Sometimes it's the car with all the details, that has been worked on for months," said Trott, Cub Scout master of Pack 874 in Standish. "Other times it's the car that looks like it was built the day before."

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Best of the Block ; Cub Scouts Compete with Homemade Cars Created with a Piece of Wood, Some Standard Wheels, and Gravity.

That's part of the excitement of Pinewood Derby, a Boy Scouts of America tradition that remains popular more than 50 years after the first race.

This year, the Casco Ba...

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