I don't know who was more excited for the Pinewood derby..Casey, Cael or Grandpa Gary. After weeks of planning, painting, bondo, melting weights, and adjusting tires the night finally came. Cael entered cub scouts in January, but because of his wrestling practice schedule had not been able to go to any meeting and didn't really know what to expect. Casey being a past Utah State Pinewood derby champion took the car very serious and tried to prep Cael the best he could. The night before we stopped by my cousin Tyson's to use some of his derby tools to make sure everything was set perfect.
We got there a little early so Casey could put some last minute graphite on the tires. They started out by handing out the badges the boys had earned over the last couple of months and then it was time to race. Cael's first race was against Tryker Greenhalgh and after a couple runs it was determined that Cael had won the heat. The rundown track they were using I swear was built by Brigham Young and looked 150 years old. This made it so that each car had to run several heats before they could get both cars to stay on the track. From the looks of it Cael's was rubbing on the front and the one lane didn't fit together, but we made it through. In the end Cael took 2nd with Dallin Ludlow taking first and Tryker Greenhalgh winning 3rd. Most of all Cael had a blast and is looking forward to some good times in scouts.
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| They also had people vote on their favorite car. Cael's had turned out nice with his BYU Colors he also chose to be number 3 because it was his baseball number and also was his dad's number on his pinewood derby car. |
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