Time to retire from the Pinewood Derby
Well I think its time to retire from the Pinewood Derby and just let my kids do all of the work ..lol We have done it for 5 years and made 16 cars I have 2 boys a girl and we have all made cars. Its been tons of fun and the kids have been great student of how to put these together. After this Saturdays race results though I think I can just step back and let them do it all (with the exception of my 5 year old he will still need some help) They absolutely cleaned house in a field of 50-60 cars they each won first in race & show in their class and then my kids all went head to head with 7 other cars for top speed and show and only lost to each other. Crazy! We've had top 5 finishes through out the years with many 1st place wins but never a clean sweep all the way up to the Open Unlimited Class (adults) The crazy part was their cars were beating mine and they did all the axle and wheel sanding work themselves, and my car beat all of the adults cars. So time to quit on top...... lol
Here are some pics of this years cars and all of the years past to.
This years sweep
My 10 year old son's car and fastest overall
My 12 year old daughter's car and best of show overall 3rd fastest overall
My 5 year olds car and 2nd fastest overall
My race car 1st over all the adults in race
My show car tops for all the adults in show
My cars
My 10 year old son's cars
My 12 year old daughter's cars
My five year olds cars
The last five years
Well I think its time to retire from the Pinewood Derby and just let my kids do all of the work ..lol We have done it for 5 years and made 16 cars I have 2 boys a girl and we have all made cars. Its been tons of fun and the kids have been great student of how to put these together. After this Saturdays race results though I think I can just step back and let them do it all (with the exception of my 5 year old he will still need some help) They absolutely cleaned house in a field of 50-60 cars they each won first in race & show in their class and then my kids all went head to head with 7 other cars for top speed and show and only lost to each other. Crazy! We've had top 5 finishes through out the years with many 1st place wins but never a clean sweep all the way up to the Open Unlimited Class (adults) The crazy part was their cars were beating mine and they did all the axle and wheel sanding work themselves, and my car beat all of the adults cars. So time to quit on top...... lol
Here are some pics of this years cars and all of the years past to.
This years sweep
My 10 year old son's car and fastest overall
My 12 year old daughter's car and best of show overall 3rd fastest overall
My 5 year olds car and 2nd fastest overall
My race car 1st over all the adults in race
My show car tops for all the adults in show
My cars
My 10 year old son's cars
My 12 year old daughter's cars
My five year olds cars
The last five years