Comments on: Beginner’s Luck

By: Loser’s Trophy — Susiej

Loser’s Trophy — Susiej — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:38:31 +0000

[...] was no beginner’s luck… or any luck at this year’s Pinewood Derby Race. When I said, “Hey, but look, [...]

By: News Briefs — Susiej

News Briefs — Susiej — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:25:54 +0000

[...] we were not so lucky this year. [...]

By: louann

louann — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:13:29 +0000

I was smiling all throughout this post! I was excited while reading it =)

Love the pictures.

By: melissaz

melissaz — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:14:48 +0000

We’re big into scouts here, too. Our pinewood derby was back in January and it was, as always, tons of fun. The thing that always cracks me up about them is the inverse level of quality. The Tigers always have the best looking cars, and as you go up the ranks, the quality actually decreases until you get to Bear, then the Webelos start to improve on it. It all comes from how much work Dad has to do on it.

Awesome pictures!

By: bill

bill — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:03:16 +0000

I’ve never been involved with this, but I have a story anyway.

A friend said that his son told him that he did not want to participate in this, so he did nothing — until the day before, when the son changed his mind. My friend clobbered together something that looked like a car, but the wheels didn’t all touch at the same time. Nevertheless — it won, and the other fathers gathered round to try to figure out what the secret of this odd-looking thing was. My friend said, with a straight face, that he’d realized that having four wheels touching at the same time added more drag without adding to speed, so he’d carefully built the car so that only three wheels would be touching at any time — and would shift from one three wheel set to another as it went around curves, thus maximizing the effect. The other fathers all walked away looking quite thoughtful…..

By: Mandy

Mandy — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:27:40 +0000

Congrats to your boys! Looks like they had a fantastic time!

By: the mama bird diaries

the mama bird diaries — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:57:50 +0000

That’s awesome! and looks like so much fun!

By: risingrainbow

risingrainbow — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:57:11 +0000

That’s pretty cool that they have an activity like that with dad, let alone that they did so well.

By: cce

cce — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:52:51 +0000

My boys, My Better Half and my 8 year old, did the pinewood derby last year. And after only taking fourth place over all, I think they were too ashamed to give it another try. But the car looked really, really impressive even though it was slow as nails.

Congrats to your pit crew. Looking good.

By: Maya

Maya — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:15:50 +0000

How fun is that!!!