Pinewood Derby 2016

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The day was May 5th.
The time: 6:30 pm.
The event: The Pack 124 Pinewood Derby


Peter was excited about his car. After debating several different ideas, he had finally decided he wanted a hamburger riding a skateboard. He developed the design, and helped saw the block of wood in half. His Dad helped with the shaping and the sanding. I helped with the shaping of the "hamburger buns", and then Peter painted it. Steven attached the wheels and added the weights inside the hamburger bun. (We were contributing our digital scale as the official scale for the race, so we were able to get the weight exactly right before we arrived, which was nice.)



Before the official race, while some of the boys were adding weights to their cars, others of the boys, including Peter, had some practice races. Peter won most of those, but I think something happened to damage his car, because when the official races began, he consistently came in last place, much to his devastation. No amount of lubrication with graphite, or minor tinkering with the wheels helped. He was a very sad little boy by the end of the night.

Boys during the practice races
What is a pack meeting without refreshments?
The very cool awards. 
Peter receives his award
  The awards had the places burned into the back of them (1st, 2nd, etc.). Peter asked for and got the word "Awesome" on the back of his.

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