Last year's derby car was our first attempt and while it looked good, it did not travel very well. For a first attempt, it was pretty darn good, Jim and I thought, but it lacked a little weight behind it. So this year, after learning our lesson last year about the importance of using as much weight as possible, Tyler and Dad headed out to the hobby store for extra weight.
Tyler designed a pretty cool car this year and Dad attached the weight. We still came under weight by about 1/2 an ounce, which we did not think was that big of a deal, considering last year we were under by 2 whole ounces. But, apparently, you need to squeeze in as much weight as possible. Tyler was very proud of his car with all of its cool embellishments. I was pretty proud myself.
Race day finally came and out of the 4 races he was in, he got 2 second places and 2 third places. He was very pleased with that, as it was progress from last year. I was happy that he was happy with this accomplishment. There were some kids, whose parents were putting on the pressure to win, who came out of the race with very sad faces. It is sad to see so much pressure from the parents. We just wanted him to have fun, of course if he won we would not complain at all. But the main reason for being there is to just have fun and we did accomplish that.
Here are some pics of our Cub Scout and his cool car.
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