Saturday was this years pine wood derby at the Cub Scouts, and our first year competing. Honestly, I was a tad bit nervous about it, as I wanted Lyric to do well and have a cool car. Some of these parents are crazy about pine wood derby cars with dry lubricants, and special paint to reduce drag. WHOA - I just wanted Lyric to win one heat.

I arrived with his car in hand and meet him there for the weigh in. The car came in at 4.71oz, under by .29 from the 5oz limit. Not bad. The design of the car, which was totally Lyric’s brain child, was like an old time open wheel racer. You can really tell it is his car and not a “father” car. Some of the cars were obviously not the child’s designs, paint schemes, or otherwise.

Here is Lyric’s car in the starting gates, his is the red one on the left. (btw the kid in the background just lost)
Lyric overall did very well, better than I expected. He did win one heat, and won it by a good 12 inches over the next car. He was very excited about that. At the end of the day we finished either 16th or 17th depending on how the points were calculated. There were 33 racers so we finished right at the half-way point. Not bad for a first-timer. He had a good time as long as he was competing but after he was eliminated, it was slow until the final 3 racers, in which case it got quite exciting.

I have my doubts about the finals though. The 2 finalists were brothers. Ok, I mean I guess dad there has more experience with 2 kids in. BUT he also happens to be the Scout Master. HMMMMMM.

Lyric had a good time and he was happy with his car. Some of the other kids had some great vehicles as well and it was neat to see who was there for a good time and who was there to win.