Pinewood Derby Races

Well it is that time of year again, Pinewood Derby Races!  Colton was pretty excited to work on his car this year.  He sanded it,polished the nails (for the wheels), painted and added decals to his car and helped Pop Pop with timing the wheels to make sure they had put enough graphite on them so that each one would spin for at least 15 seconds!  The only thing he couldn't help with was adding weights to his car because that involved melting down lead with a blow torch and metal spoon and pouring the hot liquid metal into the car while making sure the car is only 5 ounces or under otherwise he wouldn't be allowed to race!  I never realized how much is involved in building a derby car (well building one that will be competitive)!  Of course we couldn't let Colton build cars alone so my dad built one for himself and one for Mason.  And then when all three cars were done and ready for the races, Frankie and my dad decided to build two more cars.  Frankie built a limo and my dad designed a ritz cracker which my mom would use to compete on race day!

Finally the big day arrived and the boys were so excited to race their cars.  First up was the open class and all four of our cars did awesome - actually there was only 1 car faster!  My dad placed 2nd in the open class with his car and the others came in 3rd, 4th and 5th!  My dad and Frankie are on a mission to build the fastest one for next year!   I was just worried that all of our cars did good and that Colton's would be slow.   And then the first Scout race was under way and Colton's car jumped the track.  My heart sank, if it breaks he is out and will be crushed.  Luckily his car was fun and they let him rerun that race.. he took first.  He raced 3 more times and placed 1st in every one of those heats as well.   Yup you guessed, he took First place and he has advanced to the district races next month!  He is pretty excited and is hoping to bring home another trophy at district... only time will tell!