Race Day . . .

One of the major events for any Cub Scout and his family is the annual pinewood derby. Sam and dad had the first pinewood derby together today. It began before the sun was up - by helping to get ready for the pancake breakfast - which the scouts host on pinewood derby day. Lee & Sam were up and out of the house before 7 am.

The basics - a small block of wood, four plastic wheels, 4 nails, some creativity and no more than 5 oz and gravity. Today we had tanks, humvees, rocket ships, pickup trucks and some that were beyond description. Some may have worked only in the last 24 hours to complete their car and others may have worked for weeks on it. (Guess which camp we fell into?).

The Car - it started out as the Scooby Doo Mystery Machine back in late October. Poppa S helped to create the original car and shape. Then - through a series of mishaps on weight - we had to shed some - so the underbelly got a little lighter. It morphed into the 'Snake'. The rest of the work was wheels, polished axles, making alignment straight and getting lots of graphite into the wheel/axle assembly.

Sam's care is by the #10 below.



We had some great races - in most of the races - the cars were only separted by less than a 10th of a second.

A few action shots -

And the final result is that Sam took 1st Place in the Tiger Cubs & 5th place overall!!

Way to Go Sam!!

The result of the day was sledding, pizza and Wii with friends!