We had our District race today. There were 79 scouts racing on a 55 ft 4-lane best track. We were cars 64 and 65 and they raced in numerical order so we had to wait for a while. My oldest raced and got track record which he wanted. On the next heat my Bear went and he got track record. On the next my Bear got another track record with 3.5585 sec. At the end of Round 1, my sons were first and second.
Round 2 started and I was nervous for them. My oldest ran his first and won his heat. My middle ran next and won again.
At the end the two had the fastest 16 times out of 296. My Bear won and my now Boy Scout came in second. They do not race by rank but overall champion with the lowest overall time from Round 2. In 3 years of racing my Bear has never beaten his brother at Pack or District. I am very excited for the both of them.
This was not what made me the most proud though. The scouts place their cars on the track themselves and during last year's race, the Bear didn't align his car correctly and went from 4th to 42nd place in a single heat. Today my oldest caught the same mistake, pointed it out to his brother, and helped align the car. He could have easily not said a word, raced, and would have won with a poor run.
It cost my oldest the district but earned my respect which I think is more important at the end of the day.
I guess we really were all out of bubblegum today.
Round 2 started and I was nervous for them. My oldest ran his first and won his heat. My middle ran next and won again.
At the end the two had the fastest 16 times out of 296. My Bear won and my now Boy Scout came in second. They do not race by rank but overall champion with the lowest overall time from Round 2. In 3 years of racing my Bear has never beaten his brother at Pack or District. I am very excited for the both of them.
This was not what made me the most proud though. The scouts place their cars on the track themselves and during last year's race, the Bear didn't align his car correctly and went from 4th to 42nd place in a single heat. Today my oldest caught the same mistake, pointed it out to his brother, and helped align the car. He could have easily not said a word, raced, and would have won with a poor run.
It cost my oldest the district but earned my respect which I think is more important at the end of the day.
I guess we really were all out of bubblegum today.
