2013 Derby recap

I had mistakenly advertised the Derby this year as the 11th Annual.  I was wrong.  This was the 10th year.

In typical Breecher/Tedford/Bredford fashion, we were busy working on our cars the night before.  In fact,  we didn't start our  Blast Cars until the night before.  I finished painting them the morning of the Derby, and Chris added the wheels about an hour before people arrived.

We had quite the turnout!  29 legal cars, 4 illegal, and 7 Blast Cars.  All those races took quite a while!

Caitlyn vs. Nat

Dekota vs. DJ

Michael vs. York

Fran vs. Seaghan

Kelly vs. Kristin

Bruce vs. Anclia

Pete vs. Rosita

Grace vs. Jeff

Elizabeth vs. Girl Chris

Leslie vs. Jack

Jason vs. Bill

Bennett vs. Davis

Lydia vs. Boy Chris

Lydia vs. Rosaline

Andie had a bye through a couple of heats.

Here's a look at the bracket for fastest car.  Seaghan won.

And then we raced for slowest car.  Here's that bracket.  Natalie won.

Then it was time for the Illegal cars.

Michelle vs. Sheron

Jeff vs. Sheron

The bracket for the Illegal Cars

And finally, it was time for the Blast Cars!

Bennett vs. Jeff

Emily vs. Girl Chris

Bruce vs. Boy Chris

Bruce vs. Michael (who previously had a bye).

The bracket for the Blast Cars.

And now for a look at the trophy winners!

Best in Show- Youth

Fastest Car

Fastest Illegal Car

Best in Show- Adult

Slowest Car

Fastest Blast Car

I didn't take too many pictures of spectators, but here's one of the crowd during the race.  Yay for all of Bennett's teachers coming.  Now we just need to get them to make cars for next year.  :)

2010 Photos

The 7th Annual Pinewood Derby was a success, with 28 cars entered. And I think we had a first this year of no Illegal entries. There were tasty car treats with Kelly's cake, Sheron's cupcakes and my chocolates. Everyone was sure to leave on a sugar buzz.













We started off the afternoon with food- lots of yummy treats from everyone. And special thanks go out to Kat for unknowingly acting as the official photographer. I saw her taking lots of pictures and it was very nice knowing that I wouldn't have to worry about that.


















After eating it was time for the races. This year we added two more iconic cars to our list of cars that have been made- Greased Lighting and the Mystery Machine. We also had York continuing in his theme of cars of small animals (snail), and Chris and Andrew both making small cars with a Smart car and a Mini Cooper. And even stranger, they both chose to paint them the same shade of blue.

And we had a first this year. When we first started holding the Derby, Mom Tedford made a purple car. No one has been able to beat it since. This year, at least two cars were faster than it.