Pinewood Derby

Pinewood derby was today. Jen has made it very clear that I am only there to assist Ky with his car--he is to do as much as he can. So this last week Ky designed his car, and then I cut out and did the rough sanding. Ky then primed and did the final sanding of the car, and then we began laying down the base red coats. Once the coats were dry, Ky hand painted the rest of the designs while I focused on the wheels and axles. I sanded the wheels smooth and removed any barbs on the axle. I also did Dad's trick of using finger paint where the wheel may rub against the car so that the graphite would stick.

At race time, Ky one the first race, pretty dominantly. I noticed several turn and mouth "Fast car" to their wives. Hmm. Then he won the second, and then his final race (3/3). Wow!!! Wasn't expecting that. They then did a race off of the 5 fastest cars. Won the first, and second. The third pitted the three fastest cars, Ky's and his 2 best friends--Ky won. His night record was (6/6), and took first place by 5/100ths of a second. The Berrett pinewood tradition did well tonight.