Reluctantly crouched at the starting line,
Engines pumping and thumping in time.
The green light flashes, the flags goes up,
Engines pumping and thumping in time.
The green light flashes, the flags goes up,
Churning and burning, they yern for the cup.
- Cake "Going the Distance"
Roland and Duncan participated in their first Pinewood derby. We let the boys paint the main car color and then we helped with the decorating.
I think our group effort paid off. We had good looking cars and both the boys consistently placed 1st and 2nd in every heat.
Story: For those of you who don't know, there are limitations placed on size/weight/wheel type, etc. Right as we get ready to walk out the door, we decided to weigh the cars (insert shoutout to Alan here for the postal scale b-day gift) to see if we can add any weight to them and thereby make them faster. We were about 2oz light of the maximum, so I decided to hot glue quarters to the bottom of the cars. Bad idea because they don't have enough weight. So Shane goes to his shop and brings back some small pieces of steel that he has been storing for about 10 years. The steel plates fit on the cars like they were made for them and brought our weight to the maximum-exactly. The point of this story is that I always give Shane grief for dumpster diving and bringing home stuff from work, but this was his moment to shine.
Roland's ride. He was missed a trophy by literally hundredths of a second due to a bent axle. We'll know next time not to use a hammer.
Yeah for Duncan! He placed 2nd in boys. Good job!
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The pits.
The raceway.
Roland and Duncan's cars (far left, blue and black, respectively).
Here's to my speed racers!
Story: For those of you who don't know, there are limitations placed on size/weight/wheel type, etc. Right as we get ready to walk out the door, we decided to weigh the cars (insert shoutout to Alan here for the postal scale b-day gift) to see if we can add any weight to them and thereby make them faster. We were about 2oz light of the maximum, so I decided to hot glue quarters to the bottom of the cars. Bad idea because they don't have enough weight. So Shane goes to his shop and brings back some small pieces of steel that he has been storing for about 10 years. The steel plates fit on the cars like they were made for them and brought our weight to the maximum-exactly. The point of this story is that I always give Shane grief for dumpster diving and bringing home stuff from work, but this was his moment to shine.
Roland's ride. He was missed a trophy by literally hundredths of a second due to a bent axle. We'll know next time not to use a hammer.
Yeah for Duncan! He placed 2nd in boys. Good job!
1-2-3
The pits.
The raceway.
Roland and Duncan's cars (far left, blue and black, respectively).
Here's to my speed racers!
1 comment:
Awesomeness! What a fun family project :) Great job, boys (and Mom and Dad)!
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