Pine Car Derby – Lutheran Pioneers

2025 International Pine Car Derby for Lutheran Boy Pioneers

was held on April 12, 2025, at St John's Watertown WI.

Congratulations are in order for the following Pioneers for placing in the top three at the 42nd Annual Lutheran Pioneer International Derby.

Design/Craft Winners (Will post pictures of winning craft cars soon)

Class A - 1st place - Jackson Kaulitz - Train 305

Class A - 2nd place - Michael Thies - Train 396

Class A - 3rd place - Nathan Charais - Train 284

Class B - 1st place - Lincoln Klein - Train 33

Class B - 2nd place - Logan Tarp - Train 305

Class B - 3rd place - Noah Tomczyk - Train 179

Class C - 1st place - Jacob Charais - Train 284

Class C - 2nd place - Everett Klein - Train 33

Class C - 3rd place - Samson Lange - Train 606

Speed/Racing Results

The Race began with a Qualifying Round during which all Speed cars were sent down each lane of the six-lane track against random opponents from any of the three classes. The software keeps a cumulative time for each individual car, so it does not matter that not all cars are from the same class.

Here are the results of the Qualifying Round

International Derby 2025 Speed - Qualifying Round

Next, the top six qualifiers from each class raced against each other, one class at a time. So those same 6 cars from one class raced 6 times against each other, once on each lane, in order to determine the winners, and here those winner are....

Class A - 1st place - Grant Shea - Train 155

Class A - 2nd place - Zeke Kuckhahn - Train 619

Class A - 3rd place - Lucas Strauch - Train 33

2025 Class A Finals Round

Class B - 1st place - Johnny O'Connor - Train 33

Class B - 2nd place - Bentley Schreurs - Train 619

Class B - 3rd place - Karsen Piphus - Train 537

2025 Class B Finals Round

Class C - 1st place - Oliver O'Connor - Train 33

Class C - 2nd place - Chad Jahns - Train 43

Class C - 3rd place - Jackson Walker - Train 537

2025 Class C Finals Round