Pinewood derby
Posted By: Elizabeth on 2007-05-21
In Reply to: pinewood derby races - rant - mtstudent
Regarding the pinewood derby cars, our church has a similar program, and the adults only race against the adults, and the little kids only race against the little kids, and the older kids race against the older kids which helps some to keep it fair. Sorry to hear it wasn't such a fun event in your church. Maybe you will be able to implement some more fair guidelines to help prevent tears in the future. Good luck and God bless,
Elizabeth
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Except for sawing the car and nailing the axels it should be hands off for the dad! It was so obvious between a car that a man designed/traced and painted vs. a kid. They even had an adult category the men could have entered into.
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