The diversity derby - Day at the races for Jewish, Muslim scouts

The secret behind Jared Johnson's race car? He has a tiny Lego glued to the rear of its 5-ounce chasis.

"It's very stealthy," the 9-year-old Fairfax resident said of the vehicle that took him almost four days to build from a small block of wood.

Even though Johnson did not come in first, the race itself - the Interfaith Pinewood Derby - was a precedent-setting event in the Washington area, bringing together Jewish and Muslim Cub Scouts to compete and build friendships in an updated version of this traditional scouting exercise.