Ben's first Pinewood Derby was this past Saturday. He was pretty excited about the race, but he said to me before we left, "I told myself I'm not going to win so I won't be disappointed." Yeah, we teach our kids to aim high!
Ben's car is the farthest on the left. There was some pretty intense competition!
Each car got to be in eight races. They had some mathetmatical formula so each car would race every other car in each lane, going frontwards and backwards. Or something like that. Here's Ben putting his car on the starting line.
And they're off! Can you tell which car is going to win? It was really interesting to see how some of the cars got great starts, and others were faster on the straight-away.
Ben's car won first place, in one of the eight races. He was a solid third in most of them.
Eagerly waiting to see the result of the race!
Ben received a certificate for "Best Design." He didn't win, but he had a great time and he wasn't disappointed! All of the boys were good sports. I noticed only a few tears, and that was from a brotherly rivalry.
It's SO strange to be missing the derbys!! I never thought i'd miss them so much. Good job Ben!
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