2009 Pinewood Derby

As I mentioned before, tonight was the big Pinewood Derby race for Donovan's Cub Scout pack. There were twenty cars racing tonight. When I took this first photo there were seventeen checked in. One car was brought about ten minutes late and another twenty minutes late. It is a good thing the track wasn't quite ready or the race probably would have started without them!

Car 16 was my favorite -a Spongebob Squarepants car. It was pretty fast, too.

The opposite view, taken a bit later. Donovan's is car 1. The best of show winner was car 4.

Why, in fact here they are getting ready to vote for best of show. The Cubmaster is handing out ballots for the boys to vote for their favorite cars.

Donovan and Samantha took time out of their busy schedule to pose for a picture.

Donovan's car took first place tonight! That is great - he was so happy. The car took first in every heat it raced in. You know, we are happy Donovan won but we really didn't put all that much extra work into the car. Gerrit and I worked a lot harder on his car last year and, while it also won each heat, the races were a lot closer. I guess Donovan's car has a good set of wheels.

Donovan with his trophy and car. Congrats, Donovan! (Samantha tried to get herself into the picture.)

It was a very well run race this year with only a couple minor glitches. The awards ceremony was perfect, unlike last year's fiasco. Thank you, Tony!