Gonna Get Down & Derby!

Like the blog Title? The kids got the movie "Down & Derby" a couple years ago. It seemed like their OWN derby would be so far away, but here we are...

Logan has been making sketches of his ideal car ever since they gave him the kit a few months ago. He knew EXACTLY what he wanted, and got right to work. Frank also got busy. They used batteries on top as weights and "missle launchers". There HAD to be flames, of course, and no car would be complete without an army guy manning the vehicle. Unfortunately, Frank was out of town, so I was left with derby duty...


Even though Frank insited that his car would NOT be over-weight, it was...0.2 ounces to be exact. Since Frank wasn't there to help solve our weight issue, some of the other dad's stepped in to drill holes in the bottom of the car to lighten the load...

We finally got it to EXACTLY 5.0 ounces, and we were off to the races. He got to race his car 8 times. The first time, we lost one of the "missle launchers" (a.k.a. battery), and the army guy. He was telling Frank about it on the phone later that night, and he said, "Dad, my missle actually LAUNCHED!" It looked like all that hard work at getting the weight down was all in vain. Even without the weight, his car was doing pretty well. He won 5 out of his 8 races. His face was so funny - trying to play "cool" when he was jumping with excitment inside!

He got 4th place...way to go Logan (and Frank)!