Pinewood Derby

This past week, the cub scouts had their annual Pinewood Derby!!! The boys were given their car kit two weeks ahead of time, with block of wood and wheels. Cameron decided on the design he wanted and dad helped him cut it out.



After a lot of sanding down, Cameron chose from the paints we had in our garage, what color he wanted to use for his car. He used brown, green and tan for a "camouflage" looking body. When dry, they attached the wheels, and added enough weight so that the car was the maximum 5 ozs allowed. (Wheels and weight are important factors when building a "winning" car).



Trevon brought one of his old Derby cars to the race - for fun. Corban held onto it through most of the Derby. After the cub scout races, he raced his car against Cameron's. ((Cameron's won!))



Cameron tied for first place at the Derby. He didn't lose a race. It was a lot of fun watching his car cross the finish line. He is lucky his dad has had lots of experience in building these cars, and that his Papa taught Mike how to build "winning" cars!



The cub scouts had a lot of fun racing their cars. They were all unique and fun to see race. Here, the boys hold up their cars before ending the night with rootbeer floats!