Every
time it’s the same thing, he loves designing the cars and he’s most excited about the design. He
doesn’t care if it’s the fastest because he doesn’t like flat, very aerodynamic
pinewood derby cars that don’t look like cars. And that’s all true until about
20 seconds before the first race… when suddenly he wants to win.
This last race was interesting.
He wanted to make a jeep.. Tall and short, it would be slow …even if I spent
hours on the wheels and axles. He didn’t care, he just wanted it to look cool. Once we got there and he found out there was no prizes for design, he watched
the first race. The jeep took fourth on a 4-lane track…so Sport quickly
headed off to the exhibits, leaving Dad to the humiliation.
In the end the
jeep was only about 0.8 seconds slower over 4 runs than the fastest car…good
enough for third place…. from last that is. Point 2 seconds doesn’t seem like a lot
but it’s several car lengths. 
When we were finished, I told him not to
play with this one because I wasn’t building a new car for the town days race. I'm just not sure I can lose that many more man-cards,
but I am thinking about buying special cheater wheels and axles on the internet. And Sport is
warming to flat aerodynamic designs.. and...dang I hate to be in the bottom
half. Oh and everyone says he’s just like me… and while I’ve learned not to
jerk my head when a lovely lady walks by (love will do that), an Italian
sports car.. a nice custom… or a really cool pinewood derby…well, that’s a different
story… 
Maybe it's genetic.
Oh, one more thing to explain the
pics... Sport and I have built and raced 3 cars... Curly and I - 2 cars, Scout and I -
2 cars… Crafty one car, Prima Donna one car, Dog Walker one car…
Cute post! My husband helps Tyson with his car for scouts. They get so excited and involved. He didn't do very well in the race this year. But he had fun! That's what matters, right? :)
ReplyDeleteMy nephew is big into scouts, and he made his share of Pinewood cars. One that looked like a Mario Kart, complete with a little Mario guy driving. That one placed third, since it was supposed to look like a go-kart, it was actually pretty thin and aerodynamic. There was a police car one year, Speed Racer, Ghostbusters...I can't remember the rest. An ambulance maybe (he went through a cop/EMT/firefighter phrase). But, I have to say, that Jeep is pretty awesome, probably the best pinewood car I've seen. Too bad there wasn't a design ribbon at that race. And the one made to look like your family's fan is extremely cute, I would have never thought of that. But, it is extremely hard to make a car that looks cool and will win. Some of those cars at the race are practically splinters, and of course they just fly right down the track.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun post. Brings back memories of many Pinewood Derbys for us. We felt like we were in cub scouting and scouting for many years and we were. The competition was always a big thing. I like the pictures of the cars.
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I love all of these cars! I wish there were more prizes for awesome designs 'cause these are the best!! :) I love the family drawn on the back!
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