Pinewood Derby

It is that time of year again. the time when Fathers get out there saws, sanders, and design kits and boys get out there legos cause you know they don't get to do anything. LOL. Actually, Tyler and Jacob both designed their cars. Jim did the cutting, but after that, the boys did a lot of their own work on sanding and stuff. It was fun having 2 cars in the race this year. It looks like we have learned a few things from our first 2 years in the Pinewood Derby world. Tylers car won 2 races and Jacobs car won 1. They both got quite a few second place races after that. They tell me that they tied for 6/7th place. I am not sure if that is the final score though. they took the top 5 to the district meet, so we missed out by just a bit.

Tyler's car is the red one and Jacob's is the blue. This is actually Jacobs second design. We had a few pinewood derby emergencies with the first that required designing, painting, making a whole new car the night before the race. It was fun though.

Tyler's car. The red sliver. He was going for the sleek, thin look.

Jacob's first car was a skateboard and look pretty cool. This is the second attempt and is a dragster type.

Tyler with car. Cant believe this is his last year in Cub Scouts. Getting so big he is...

Jacob with his car. he can never seem to take a picture without blinking. This is the best of the bunch.

We had a great year. Although we have come a long way since the first build with Tyler, we still have a few things to learn about in the pinewood derby world. We are thiking of investing in our very own track, lights, and scales. We figure we have 11 more pinewood derby cars to make, we might as well have a track of our own to do test runs and stuff. We will be doing pinewood derby cars for a while so it will be a good investment. LOL.

It definitely is a fun time of year. Cant wait till next year and see the design Jacob comes up with. Then the year after that will be both Noah and Jacob. Good job Tyler and Jacob, your cars are way cool and you both did awesome in the race.