Last Wednesday was the pinewood derby. The week before I went over to my neighbors house and cut out my car out not knowing I was going to win. The cut design was very simple because I wanted it to have good aerodynamics.
My dad and I bought some green spray and painted it 5 days before the race. 3 days before the race my mom and I designed a crocodile mouth with teeth and eyes and a windshield nostrils. We also added a license plate and some other details.
The next night we started grinding and polishing the axles. The next day was race day and we did a lot of work. We polished the axles, prepared the wheels and weighed it. Fortunately I noticed some gorilla glue got in the axles and wheels so replaced them. When we got that problem fixed, we noticed the car turned left so we fixed that problem also.
Before the race we met my grandma and grandpa at Jimmy Johns. I got an unwhich lettuce wrap it tasted good but I was felling nervous while I ate it.
At the church my car weighed 4.7 ounces so we added on a penny and a nickel which made it about 5.0 or 4.9 ounces, some glue almost got on the wheels. On the first race my nickel flew off so on the second race I almost lost. Then I glued the nickel back on and I won the Bears group. I got pink silly putty as a reward.
After I lost what I thought was the championship. Then I was relieved to fine out it was only a double illumination so I had a second chance. On one round and it was a tie between me and Byron which my dad said had to be down to the last millionth of a second. It was very close but finally after several runs I won! I got a laser pointer and I also won the award for the buffest car. It was a very memorable night and I won't forget it. It was worth the hard work.
Congratulations on your win, Peter! I enjoyed reading about your experience. Did you know that my husband is a scout master? He thinks it is the best job because she gets to do fun things and be creative.
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