It’s weigh in/practice night. Everyone is making sure that their car weighs in at 5oz and having their car run down the track.   

The official Pinewood day is beginning!  There were 32 cars entered to race.  Here are the dens that competed against each other – Den 3 – Tigers, Den 1 –Wolves, Den 6- Bears, Den 2 – Webelos 1, Den 8 – Webelos 2.   When you weigh in your car, you want it to be exactly 5 oz.  If it is over, you have to take some weight off.  If it is under, you can add some weight.  All of your wheels need to be spinning, and then your car sits, and waits to race.  

These are some of the exciting things that happened during some of the races.  #22 flew off of the track twice, but did not get damaged.   #23 and #24 tied in a race, which was rare.  Some of my favorite cars were, #16 – The Gecko, #22- The Goofy car. 

Here come the finals!  There were 16 races in the finals, and you had to keep winning to stay in it!  #20 fell off the track during a finals race – but did not get damaged. The cars that placed 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd in the finals move on to districts.  All the top racers from our district raced each other.  These are the kids that are going to districts:  1^st – Graham Schellenberg, and tied for 2^nd – Nicholas Ritter and Kevin Hedrick. 

That is how the Pinewood Derby went. 
 
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