Pinewood Demolition Derby

A few months ago Doug had this brilliant idea...a Pinewood Demolition Derby.  So for the past month or so he and other family members have been working hard on their cars to participate.  I have to say I was pretty impressed by all the different ideas people came up with.  And it ended up being more fun that I thought it would.  

Scott's Car

Chad's car.  He actually made this for a pinewood derby in his ward but when we were visiting one time James threw it down the stairs and broke it so he decided to use it for this.  It was by far James' favorite car and we had to hide it so he would leave it alone and not break it before the event.   It was also by far the heaviest car there.

Grammy's car.  Her idea was to use "springs" to bounce off the other cars. 

Grandpa's car. 

My car.  My strategy was to go as slow as possible to avoid the worst of the crash.  Doug thought my idea was kind of wimpy but it worked well.

James' car.  He had the mouse traps set for the first run, but it didn't really work.

Grandma's car.  She won the best paint job award, and did leave a "kiss of  death"  on all the other cars.  

Mikey's car.  His lasted a long time.  It was strong. 

Blake's car.  His idea was to use axels that couldn't break so the wheels couldn't fall off.  It worked but he had to be disqualified when the wheels stopped touching the track. 

Tim's car.  This car did a LOT of damage.

Doug's car.  His strategy was to have a defensive end and an offensive end.  Smart idea.

Jason's car.  That golf club helped a lot.

The track.

Once we had all the entries we began the crashes.  It seemed to go pretty slow at first but it soon picked up and there were some pretty fun crashes.  Originally there were two different classes but I guess the one was too 'wimpy' and they decided to just combine them.  My car ended up winning the whole thing and didn't even have a wheel broken off.  I was pretty proud of my "slow and steady" technique.  

James had to go watch a movie in our room.  It was all a little to much for him. 

Amber and the Boys' cars.  I was sad these didn't show up on time, we have the SLOWEST mail and they came a day late.  Very clever idea to cover them with bouncy balls.