The Green Machine

So our last experience with the Pine Wood Derby was a little bit disappointing. It was Kaiden's first year and we thought we had done our best, we had no idea how competitive these little events could be. Well to make a long story short he lost, not just one or two races he came in last place every race he raced! Kaiden was such a good sport about the whole thing but we felt terrible. This year Darrin was determined to not let that happen again! Kaiden and Darrin worked hard picking out a design they thought would be the fastest, and made sure this year they had done everything they could to have a fast car!
This is Kaiden showing off his car right before the race is getting started. He named it the Green Machine! It's hard to tell in the picture but it had a really cool paint job that changed colors from different angles!
Each of the boys got to race their cars 6 different times. Kaiden put his car up on the track for the first race, and believe it or not he took first place! We were all so excited at least he had done better than he had at the last Pine Wood Derby! Here is the announcer giving him a high five for winning!
Kaiden raced all 6 of his races and came in first every single time! He had the biggest smile on his face all night! I think everyone else might have been getting sick of hearing his name announced as the first place winner at the end of every race, but we were all very excited!
When the race was over he of course took home the big trophy! Here they are announcing all of the winners!
Kaiden receiving his Trophy!
Kaiden and Darrin first place winners!
When the race was over everyone was coming over to see the winning car and asking lots of questions about what they had done to make it so fast! They didn't reveal to many of their secrets, but they had fun talking about what they had done. It was a fun night and the outcome was way more than we had expected! Way to go Kaiden!