Jack was really excited about Pinewood Derby this year and he and Ben spent a lot of time working on his car together. A couple of weeks before the race, a friend in the ward invited Ben and Jack to join him and another Cub Scout at his huge woodworking shop. The boys loved cutting out their cars and seeing all the tools in the shop. They even drilled holes in the bottom and glued pennies into the holes to make the cars heavier. Jack chose a shark design and it looked really cool.
Soon after Jack's car was cut, I spray painted it silver for him, then we did our best to hide the car away so it wouldn't get ruined before the big race. As the day drew closer, Jack decorated his Shark-Mobile a little more with a permanent marker, then Ben helped him hammer in the wheels. The last-minute addition of two more pennies when Jack's car weighed in a little lite meant that he was ready for action.
Though the evening began inauspiciously with a couple of unidentified cars in the line-up, it ended up going very quickly once the leaders were able to get started. We appreciated that there was a smaller track set up on the stage, along with some previously-used cars, for the younger kids to use.
The boys had a great time racing. Each car had four turns competing, once on each lane of the track, to be sure that there wasn't an unfair advantage with one of the lanes. Jack's car was quite consistent. He won 2nd, 2nd, 3rd, and 2nd in his races. Then he kept racing once the official winners were announced, just for fun.
Good for you Jack. Thank you Ben and Brett:)
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