If you read the previous posting you're aware of Samuel's winning performance in his Pack. That win allowed him to enter the District race.District is always the best of the best, and we really had no idea how that was going to play out for us. We knew going in that it could turn out to be a last place day... or a first place day. We'd much rather be on the winning side, but it's all fun.
There were some awesome cars at the race. Some of the times were astonishi
ng, and by the time Samuel got to race his I knew what sort of times his car would have to get to be in the run
ning. His first race was pretty good, he won it. The next seven heats he placed 1st in one, 2nd in five, and came in 4th in the other.
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His times were good, but I knew it wasn't going to be a 1st place day. His times were good enough to place him 5th overall. He wasn't so thrilled about 5th, but considering that we built the car here in the dining room over a couple days I'm thinking we did quite well considering that a lot of the kids had parents with a lot more tools, time and resources to put into their cars.
For me it proved that Samuel and I could build an awesome car with simple tools. It was a positive experience for us both.
I guess our next race will be the Awana Grand Prix. I think that's in May.
See you on the track!
-=Jim
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