I only really get involved with Scout PWD and this is why I do it.
Over the summer I got together with some of my old school buddies and we don't get together as often as we like. Somehow PWD comes up and my friend Dave tells me the car they built did rather poorly. His son comes over and talks about the event, but is shy. When Dave asked his son if he wanted to build a faster car, and that I knew some tricks to help- the excitement on his son's face and twinkle in his eye was priceless!
I should have followed up sooner, but on New Years Eve I called Dave. Long story short, the race is Jan 11 an he is pressed for time. I told he I feel I need to deliver on my part, but I would only aid in the build. He said the only real time he had was that afternoon/evening. So Dave drives the 2 hrs down and we head over to my Dad's and set up the track and start on it.
Our saving grace was that I had bought 3 of John's complete kits for some other friends. So we get to peeping 1 wheel and 1 axle etc so he could get the experience from scratch. We then stepped up to race prepping John's equipment. Then I showed him the types of weight I had. The Tungsten cubes worked perfectly!
So the both have a much better appreciation for the design, prep and overall build of a winning PWD. I set expectations that the car will be far from the finishes that they did last year, and to expect at least a few wins. I love seeing the excitement in the kids faces! The smaller ones are my kids, but they wanted to hold the car in some pics since they would not see the car race.
