Wednesday, March 13, 2013

The Tiger


At our new church they have a Pinewood Derby race every year.  The men who lead Boys Brigade gave me a block of wood and told me to choose a shape.  I went with the #1 style.  A man from our church cut out my wood and then I was ready to begin.  Once it was cut out and I got it back, my Dad and I began sanding.  After sanding was finished, we brought it home to finish the work.  The next day, Dad and I spray painted my car shiny orange.  The day after that, we put the black tiger stripes and a big “T” on the front.  After painting we started working on the wheels.  We sanded and polished the axles.  On Wednesday, Dad and I put the wheels on my car in his office.  It was now ready for testing.  All the boys raced from our church and I won every race except one.  We now thought it was ready for Race Day! 

Race day was this past Saturday.  The races took place at Bethlehem Church in Randolph, New Jersey.  We woke up at 7 in the morning to get to the race on time.  Once we got there, we had to weigh it.  My car was too heavy so we had to drill it.  We weighed it again and it was still too heavy so we drilled more.  We weighed it again and finally it was right.  It was now ready for the race track.  My car was in four races and I won first place in all of them.  I was so excited!  The only problem was that at the end, I didn’t even get into the finals.  Even though I won all my races, my speed wasn’t fast enough.  Oh well, I had a great time with my Dad and all my friends.
Caleb and Dad ready for Race Day!

Caleb, Dad and his Cheerleaders!

Standing in line to register the cars

Weighing the car

Oops, too heavy - drilling the car

Watching the races
 
Caleb and Jayden

Caleb and the other boys from his group at LFC
 
 

 

1 comment:

  1. That was a neat story about Tiger and your day with dad. I remember your dad making racers with your Grampa Gary, too. I'm glad you and dad had a great day together--that was the important thing. --and there's always next year!!

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