Cub Scout Pinewood Derby Race!

Brodie had his first Pinewood Derby race Sunday and it ended up being a great day!  It started out a little rough as it was obviously our first race. 

Justin and Brodie ready for the race!

 His car passed weigh in right on target for 5.0 ounces.  Then they announced that you could graphite the wheels before each race and we saw people pull out these fancy graphite applicators that had pointy ends to squirt the graphite into the wheels. We didn't have any of those fancy graphite applicators.  The thought passed through my head at that time that we might be in trouble. 

Brodie's car is the blue one with the number 18

Ready for the trial running

And then it was time for the real race!

Setting up the cars

Ready for the first race

Jeremy and Isaac having fun watching the races

His car got to go 8 times and they totaled the times.  There were 4 cars in each race.  Brodie's car came in 4th the first 4 races and he was not very happy.  In fact he was very, very upset.  Some of the other kids could care less if they came in last, but poor Brodie really wanted to win.  

Some wonderful soul (one of the scout leaders) felt bad that Brodie had worked so hard and was so upset about losing.  She graphited his wheels without telling him and then he got first place, first place, second place, second place.  He was much happier after that! 

This was after his first win!

Life is much better now!

All done!

All in all it was a great day.  We were very proud of Brodie for not giving up even when he was losing every race.  I won't lie and say my heart wasn't breaking when Brodie was crying, because it was.  I was just very happy that someone helped us out a little.  Brodie is ready to build a winning car next year and I guarantee we will have a fancy graphite applicator!