We attended Isaac's first pinewood derby tonight. Thanks to an electronic timer/track etc. and some awesome computer software the Wolf, Bear, and Weblos were all able to race in under an hour and we were home by 7:30. Amazing. I remember attending my three older brothers' pine wood derbys. Chalk boards with brackets, marathon nights--who knows how long it took, judges with their noses right at the finish line. This was quick and painless. I didn't even see any tears.
Isaac's car is the third from the left--the blue one--he named it the Skinny Fireball--so hot it was blue
You can see the car that won the overall award on the track below--it is the yellow one, shaped like a wedge of cheese with holes in it and everything.
Isaac's car won quite a few races . . . I didn't realize how many because all the cars from all the dens raced against each other so they could race more, and he didn't place first in some too. The software kept track of the top scorers for the individual dens etc. So when they were telling us the final results I was actually a little surprised that he won first in the wolf den, and fifth place overall. He was pretty happy.
They had an award for each car--Isaac's won the "Indie 500 car."
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