Pinewood Derby

The was Kaimon's first Pinewood Derby, which is a racing event for Cub Scouts. Kaimon, with the help from his dad and I, built his own car from a block of pine wood, plastic wheels and metal axles. The cars have to be less than 5 ounces, the axles have to be a certain length apart, the car cannot exceed a certain width -- other than that the kids get to use their imaginations. Once they build their cars they race against each other. Each child gets 4 tries. We had so much fun.



Kaimon and his dad building the car. First they came up with the design, then they formed the car, then Kaimon sanded it nice and smooth, then Kaimon painted it and put the finishing touches on it.



The weith in -- exactly 5 ounces -- sweet.




Kaimon showing off his Grandpa's cars, while his mom held his car.
- a practice run to see how fast it will go. Kaimon got first place almost everytime. He was so exciting.



The actual race. All cars in Kaimon's heat are lined up and ready to go. Kaimon's car is the green one with the black stripe (2nd from the right). Nerves on all excited!



Kaimon's car came in 3rd place everytime. It was disappointed as it got first place in all the practices. Regardless, it was a lot of fun. The boys were running around like chickens with their heads cut off.

Everyone got an award.

Kaimon's grandpa came and brought his 2 cars he built when he was in Boy Scouts. He even got to race -- in the Old Timers group.