Pinewood Derby

I know, it's late in the season for the Cub Scout Pinewood Derby. Oh, well. Bryson and I spent a couple of days making a car for him and a car for me. Bryson originally wanted his to have some resemblance to a rhinocerous, but after we got it cut out, he didn't like it as well as he hoped and didn't spend much time decorating it. I called it the "Raging Rhino". We made sure it was the maximum weight, well lubricated and polished and hoped for the best.

On your mark, get set...

...GO!

And did he go! Bryson's car is the gray one on the right in the picture above. He won his first race, then his second race; actually he won all his races. Even when the front wheel popped up onto the center of the track and it went down kinda sideways. He took 1st place in the Cub Scouts.

Here's a picture of Bryson with his friend Duncan.
Then we were on to the open division. It was tough competition, but in the end, my little "shoe racer" pulled off 1st place as well. Then for the real challenge, 1st place in each division races against each other. Mother against child. Since we made them side by side it was a toss up as to which was better. But the Mom's car won in the end. You'd be surprised how often a Mechanical Engineering degree comes in handy when you're raising boys.

Seriously I made it just like my shoes.

Fastest shoe on four wheels!