Pine Wood Derby Car

Max is in Cub Scouts this year. His main attraction to Cub Scouts was getting to compete in the Pine Wood Derby car race. Scott was also a Scout way back in the day and his dad built all his cars with him. I understand they even had the winning car a few years. So, of course, we are going to turn to the "master pine wood car builder" for this years race. On Saturday we went down to Colorado Springs to visit Grandad and attempt to build the winning car. It was actually really cool to see the three generations coming together on this project. Here's the building taking place:

They had to cut the shape and then sand it down. Next came the measuring. They have very strict rules where it can't weigh more than 5oz. There was much debate on how much weight to add, or not to add. We ended up with a great looking car. Now Max just has to paint it! Thanks so much Mark for helping them out. I'll let you all know how the car does. The race isn't for a few more weeks so wish us luck!