Article: Race-themed Jamboree is no cookie-cutter Girl Scout event: Girl Scouts who descended on Langley Speedway learned that girls can be race car drivers too.

Byline: Kim O'brien Root

Oct. 1--HAMPTON -- There wasn't a cookie in sight at Saturday's Girl Scout Jamboree. Instead, there were race cars and their drivers. Weight lifting and golfing. And tips on changing a car's oil. More than 1,000 girls from the Girl Scout's Colonial Coast Council swarmed into Langley Speedway on Saturday for a day of fun filled with new opportunities for the girls, mostly pre-teens and younger. Some girls spent Friday night in tents on the infield. Then more joined in for an afternoon of field-day-style events before a chance to watch the regular Saturday night races at the Hampton track near Langley Air Force Base. "It's ...

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