The big race was today- the Pinewood Derby. Scott and Ben had been working on Ben's car for the past few weeks. My uncle, Boyd, has a great workshop so Ben and Scott used his tools to cut out the car. Ben has been sanding and painting since it was cut out. Aside from a few lessons learned- what type of paint to stay away from, better wheel methods- it was great. At noon we drove to the church and had the car weighed- 4.8oz. Ben was in 14 races- and won 9. Overall he came in 3rd place. Pretty good for his first year. Scott and Ben are already planning out next years. Scott also says he is going to build a regulation track this year to test out the cars. Ambitious plans.
Madison, Megan, and Blake also built cars this year. We didn't add any weights to their cars, so we didn't do to well. Next year they will return with better designs and added weights. Overall they too had a great time.
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