Today was the big day that Brady had been waiting for (and us!). We had so much fun watching the boys’ cars being raced down the wooden track. It was neat to see all the different shapes, themes and colors too. Lots and lots of creativity and hard work went into each and every one. Brady’s car was off to a wonderful start and he did really good throughout. Everyone raced each other, head to head two times. The two Wolf dens had the highest turnout for the race so everyone else ended up waiting on us to get done. We ended up using the track that the Tigers used to help speed everything along. From what I could tell Brady’s car was winning every head to head race he was in, with the exception of two of the cars. Those two cars ended up taking first and second with Brady coming in 9th overall. I must admit I was a bit shocked at the results because I figured he did better than that. I was figuring 3rd or 4th place. We were very happy nonetheless as this was our first car build and race. All that mattered was that Brady was happy with himself and the work that went into it, and the fist pumps and flashing of the smiles every time his car beat another was all I needed to see to know that this was totally worth it! The top 3 in each level (Tiger, Wolf, Bears, etc) went on to compete for the final. Brady had a very fast car and we are very proud of how he did. We are already looking forward to next years race! Scott is working on getting the video edited and I will post it when it’s done. In the meantime here are the photos I took…
~~~UPDATE~~~Brady got his car out to play with it when we got home and we realized that one of the front wheels was almost completely jammed up. The final numbers weren’t adding up for us so now it makes sense. Scott videoed almost every heat that Brady ran in and when we watched them, we saw the race where the wheel got messed up. Several of the cars crashed and went off the track so I know there were a few more that probably met the same fate. We figure he was in 3rd or 4th right up until the end when the wheel got knocked around. We kinda thought his car suddenly looked slower but even if we had realized why, fixes or even touching the car isn’t allowed during the race. Next year we will fix the axles where they cant move or get crooked. In the end, it doesn’t make any difference, Brady understands what happened and just like in racing, even the first place guy can get knocked out in a heartbeat! We are so proud of Brady for showing good sportsmanship and vowing to do better next year. Like the packmaster said…sometimes you learn more from losing than winning.
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