Gregory wanted to do a miniature pinewood derby race on the top of his car...
And Eric wanted his to be designed like an arrow
The close up of his didn't come out very clear. Darn, I thought the new camera we got was supposed to take perfect pictures EVERY time, despite the inabililty of the owner to hold it still...and before you even have to wonder, they all did the majority of the work themselves. Bill helped them cut the shape, but painting and nail polishing was all them.
On with the day, the boys had to check their cars in at 8:30 am. Bill was one of the men running the check in and race. All cars had to be looked over to make sure all rules had been followed and they weighed in at the proper weight. I showed up at 10 with L and L when the actual races started. 39 cars, a 6 lane track and all cars ran a heat on each track. That way if one of the lanes was slower or faster than any other lane, it was fair for all participants. 
The computer software they used to run the race would randomly put the list of the 6 cars together so the kids all had fun watching for their name to come up on the wall to race. Funny enough, one of the races, all 3 boys were randomly selected! So they took half of the 6 lanes...the cub master made a joke out of it and the kids were excited. This picture shows G's car in lane 2 (from your left), J's is in lane 3 and E's is in lane 5.
None of them won that particular heat. Luke is in the red polo at the end of the track watching-I think the other three were to the left, out of the frame.
L and L impressed me and hung in pretty good for the duration. I think it took over an hour to run all the heats. And after all was said and done, the top 12 cars got to run against each other, so that meant those 12 cars got to rotate through the 6 lanes again! All 3 boys made it to the top 12!!!
And the final results? In his own den of Tigers, Eric placed 1st! Of the top 12 cars, he placed 12th. He was so very excited to get a trophy and be an offical participant. Last year he made a car and ran it in the friends and family race. 
Gregory placed 2nd in his Webelo den and 4th in the top 12...darn camera did it again!
And Jacob placed 1st in his den and 6th in the top 12!! Of course the only picture I got of the two of them and their trophies they look like they'd had one too many root beers, so this will have to do!
I will post a picture of their cars atop their trophies when the missing trophy shows up. Yes, in our possession less than 24 hours and Eric's is hiding some place. He was so excited about it he carted it around all day in the house but can't remember where he last put it...go figure! And now since they each finished within the top 3 of their den, they all qualify to go to the district Pinewood Derby race. Very proud of them but I have to say I don' think L and L can hang for another 2 hours watching cars! We may have to sit that one out and wait for the Dad report.Thanks for coming to watch Heather-just think, only 4 more years and S and S can do it too!
2 comments:
all super cute...especially the one with the mini race on top.
and, no, you werent who i was referring to in my post. that post was actually kind of a dare from a friend (was a joke and i posted it to make her laugh and she dared me to leave it up).
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I think your boys are going to be scientific-y like their dad. Impressive showing, Barry boys!
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