Pinewood Derby - the races

Here's a video of one of the races (sorry, but I'm pretty sure it's sideways and I couldn't rotate it).  Kieran is sitting with his back to the camera a the end of the track.

The day was pretty successful.  Kieran won 'Best Design' out of all the cars (total of 39).  That was unexpected!

Above is a picture of Kieran holding his car and trophy for best design with the other two big winners (best engineering and fastest car I think).

Out of his den, Kieran took second place in overall speed.  I figured he'd get a trophy in this category, the top three fastest cars in each den got a trophy and Kieran's den has four members.

All in all, I think Kieran had a good time!

Pinewood Derby

Kieran is in Cub Scouts this year and one of the activities that they do is the annual Pinewood Derby.  Kids make a vehicle following a set of guidelines that will be raced, with awards given for fastest car, best paint, etc.

Well Kieran wanted his car to look like Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots, of Transformers fame.  So it took a bit of work and was completed last night (Wednesday).

Kieran did the type of work that one could expect of a 6-year old.  The design was his (he didn't do the exact measurements, but the rough outline), he did some of the sanding, painting, helped with grinding the axels down, etc.

The derby is Saturday, we'll see how it goes.