Oquirrh Community Powder Puff Derby

Every Saturday in my life is just so busy and this week was no exception. This time we had practice starting at 10:00 AM for the Primary kids including me. After that it was straight to Nutcracker rehearsal for Baby Doll.

The Derby started at 2:00 and we were worried that she wouldn't be finished with rehearsal in time, so we got her car all checked in and Scout promised to be Baby Doll until we got there. Then Sport and I took off to pick her up from the dance studio. We got back to the church about 2:30, just as they were calling for the first race.

Baby Doll's car ran in 4 heats and she took 1st place every time, but because the races were timed, she come up with 4th place, just being edged out of a trophy.

At 4:30, they began checking in cars for the older girls. They didn't have as many entries, but still Scout was nervous. Finally, it was time to race.

She won the first two races by a wide margin, but on the third race, her car was in lane 1 and at the bottom of the drop, it jumped the track and did not finish the race. Scout said she didn't care, but I knew better. A zero on her track time would keep her completely out of the top 3 for sure.

Then the guy placing cars asked the guy in charge to check the track. I took advantage of that moment to remind the racemaster that when other cars had jumped that he had rerun the races. I also pointed out that so far she had posted the fastest times.

What could he do? He reran the race and she placed even faster than usual with a 3.52. So far, none of the others girls had posted a single speed that was faster than her slowest time. She was trying to play it cool, but the corners of her mouth kept tugging upward.

Only one race to go and she mastered it without any technical problems. As expected, she took home the 1st place prize which consisted of a small trophy and a certificate, neither of which was nearly as good as the bragging rights that came with her 1st place finish..