Pinewood Derby

Today our newly formed Cub Scout Pack had it's first Pinewood Derby!

Derek is the Cubmaster and therefore does the lion's share of the work, and it is A LOT of work.  Luckily many of the other dads helped out today and overall it was a great first event.  Our pack borrowed the track from another pack since they are expensive (think 2-3 thousand dollars!).  Granddaddy Bob helped Brighton, who is an unofficial scout, make a car so he could join in the fun.

Here are all the race cars lined up ready to go.  In all, eleven cub scouts made cars, so it was a good turnout.  Chandler and I had talked about how to be a good sport and congratulate all the scouts for a job well done.  We tried to emphasize that not everybody can win a trophy and that's okay.

Chandler, ready to race!

Here's the pack with the leaders:

A boy that Chandler has known since preschool just joined our pack.  He is in Kindergarten, but just turned 7, so he was able to join in January.  His car won fastest overall.  I did not witness this, but was told by several people that Chandler gave him a pat on the back and told him, "Good job!"

That makes me proud to see that hopefully good sportsmanship is sinking in.

Chandler won 2nd place for originality (his race car looked like an army tank).  Hopefully next year we can improve the aerodynamics and get an award for speed.  We can always try!