Mom-Scout

"At our pack race all cars are checked for axle spacing before the race. Was an illegal car allowed to race?" Most definitely! All three illegal cars raced! That is how they won trophies. There was an inspection team, however I guess they didn't "inspect" very well. "As far as all four wheels must be on the ground, even well built cars will have one of four wheels a little higher." My son's car has all 4 wheels touching the ground and the one parent told me yesterday at work that he intentionally left only three wheels touching the ground for less friction. "Exposing

As a parent I could get thoroughly discouraged by this Pinewood Derby stuff. As a leader I teeter on both sides of the rope. I'm a Webelos II leader so I feel the boys in my den are old enough and mature enough to complete a great deal of their own cars with a little help from their dads, especially since we've earned Craftsman, Engineer, Scientist and all of the other pins this could fall into (all we have left to earn out of the 20 are Showman and Readyman). However, as the leader for the last three years I have watched the same boy win every Pinewood Derby race as the top winner in