A Mommy Brag!

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I just had to share that Ds participated in his first Pinewood Derby today. He won a first place medal in speed for his Den, an honorable mention for appearance in Pack, and a second place trophy for speed for the Pack! Overall a really great day. There were so many cars there that it took over two hours to race them all.

We think that he had a pretty good chance to win first, but right before the last heat (the one for first and second place with first going on to district) the man placing the cars on the track dropped ds's car. Ds's car did sustain some damage when the man dropped it and the only race he lost was the one after the damage had been done. We are still pretty happy with second, although we were shocked when the car was dropped and ds felt the race wasn't fair since his car had been damaged by the official.

By Beth on Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 07:44 pm:

That is great. I can't believe the race guy dropped it. They should have given you a chance to inspect it or something.

My ds had his today to. He won all three races in his den and we thought he had done really well. Then he wasn't even in the top 3 in his den. They use a computer and it is all down the second. I guess the cars he raced happen to be the slower cars. So that was a little disappointing. I think it wouldn't have been if he had not won and we knew there wasn't a chance kwim. Ds really didn't care but dh was pretty discouraged. Because you know its all for them. LOL! We thought we had a good chance of winning the best car. Everyone thought are's was really cool. Ds had a godzilla to he was throwing away because the arm fell off. Dh used the head and the spine on the car and he painted it to look just like godzilla. Oh well its only for fun anyway. Are's is really competitive.

By Kaye on Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 12:49 am:

Ours is tomorrow. We live with a bunch of aerospace engineers and our is a very serious competetion. We have an open race for dads, because they like to see which nasa engineer can make the fastest car. We have learned 3 years now, that Mike wins, every time..LOL.

We are pretty pumped about tomorrow, we feel like our chances are good, my chem e hubby would love nothing better than to beat out the nasa men! Oh I mean, my son...rofl.

Congrats on your win, bummer on the drop though. I hate it when things like that happen. But know it was an accident and they happen.

By Dawnk777 on Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 08:30 pm:

Congrats to your son. I'm sorry the official dropped his.

By Tayjar on Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 08:44 pm:

Great job! So not fair about him dropping it. That's why we allow only the boys to touch the cars to place them on the track. If they drop it, there is no one to blame.

Ours was last weekend. DS won his den and his overall pack. We have won our den 4 years in a row and our pack 3 out of 4 years. Last year, they allowed a guy to cheat to beat us. He had an illegal car. It was so petty.

My DH, DS, and FIL are serious race freaks. We have our own track set up in our garage from about early November until the end of February. They make about 10 - 15 cars a year and try to get faster each year with the design. Their design tips are top secret. It's actually funny to watch them in their secret car room. I bet they even have a secret knock in case "intruders" try to invade.