Pinewood Derby

Max and Sophie had cars in the Cub Scouts' Pinewood derby race this last weekend. I'm slow at getting anything posted these days, so I'm just getting around to downloading the photos and getting them posted. They just MIGHT be on flickr tonight

The kids both had fun making the cars, but again, the race itself was chaotic and somehow, even though Max had one of the faster cars, he was eliminated and never even got to face the three winning cars. Personally I think they forgot to run a few of the middle heats that he should have been in... he only raced twice all day! Sophie, who isn't even a Cub Scout, and was racing Max's friend's car, raced in six or seven heats.

He clearly beat the car that came in fourth overall in his first heat, 3 out of 3 times. However, he was still eliminated even after taking another win in his second heat. Maybe it was because his car just looked too damn good!

He's not bitter, but I can't seem to let it go. I feel bad for him. He obviously knew he had one of the faster cars.

(click the photos for full-size views)