My
eleven-year-old daughter is a junior Girl Scout. She has been
involved in the Girl Scout program since she was six. She thoroughly
enjoys it. Every year her troop goes to a Pinewood Derby contest
and competes against several other Girl Scouts. She hasn't done
very well during the last two years of competition and drastically
wanted to improve for this year. I called some of the other
parents and asked if they had any tidbits they could share.
One parent suggested I order a book.
I
decided to follow the advise of getting a book so I headed to
the book stores. I didn't find any book that had enough specifics
on a pinewood derby racing. After I got home from a disappointing
day I decided to surf the net to see what I could find. I came
across your web site, which has two books that are specifically
about pinewood derby racing. I ordered both.
It
wasn't long until I received my order. My daughter and I sat
together and read through the guides. We saw templates of car
designs that were very helpful. One thing we learned is that
it is important to prepare your axels and wheels to minimize
friction; the books gave very clear instructions on how to do
this. There were several other great ideas. We did a different
design of her car and followed all the suggestions.
Before
we knew it - it was time for the pinewood derby race. Hundreds
of girl scouts were at the competition with their pinewood derby
cars. My daughter was in the Junior Scout division - Age 9-13.
She came in 2nd place. It was awesome. She was so excited to have
such a fabulous race.
