Yes! It's that time of year when little boys all over the country watch their dads build the cars they wanted to build as youth (while watching their dads build the cars..., etc.)
Daniel and I put together a slick-looking racer that initially weighed 6.2 oz (well over the 5 oz limit), necessitating the boring out of a cockpit. Our snazzy paint job was achieved with markers, since the hardware store on the island only carried oil-based paints. And after some minor confusion about the date of the race (leading to a drive through a marathon and a game of miniature golf), the big day arrived.
Pack 400 holds its Pinewood Derby outdoors at the Wrigley Pavilion down by the beach in Avalon. It was a beautiful sunny day, and quite a few tourists stopped by to watch the action and buy baked goods. Since both the Pack and the associated Scout Troop are so small, they let the Scouts participate, too. Each Den (Tiger, Wolf, Bear and Webelos, and the Scouts) races separately to determine Den winners, then they have a run-off of all the winners for an overall winner. This Pack also has a Friends & Family race (so dad can build his own car) and a corporate sponsor race ('no rules', but a higher entry fee). Thing1 did pretty well. He placed second in both races for his Wolf Den, and thus won himself a second place medal. He even (without prompting) went over to the Wolf winner and said "Nice race." No one cried (a first, apparently). Thing2 really enjoyed watching the races, and we decided that next year he'd get to enter a car in the Friends & Family competition.
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