Pinewood Derby

January 23, 2010

I know I am late in putting this together but, better late than never, right? I did intend on doing this on Saturday or Sunday but just never got around to it.

Kurtis had is first Pinewood Derby race for the cub scouts this past weekend. Here is a picture of the some of the cars that were entered in the race from the various dens (1-5th graders).

This picture below is of Kurtis' car. Kurtis picked out the design, Jeff cut it out and Kurtis helped sand it. Kurtis picked out the paint and the wheels.

Kurtis' den, the Tigers, where first on the racing schedule, since they are the youngest. They had their preliminary heat which Kurtis won! Everyone else went into the secondary heat to see who would face Kurtis in the finals. That ended up being Case. We do have video of the race but I can't find it right now - I may add it later. Kurtis won the race against Case and took 1st place for the Tigers.After all dens had determined their winners, the four champs raced to see who would be the pack champion. Kurtis' car did well but he ended up in the secondary side. He got all the way to the final race to determine who would be facing the first heat winner and lost by a nose. Kurtis ended up 3rd overall in the den. Not too bad for the first year doing this.

Here is a picture of Kurtis with all his trophies and holding his car which earned him "Best in Show" for his den as well.

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Joey also had a car too - he picked the shape out from a kit at the store. Jeff painted it the same colors as Kurtis'. Joey's car did well too. He got 4th in the sibling category. Here is a picture of Joey's car.