BSA Race Car Derby

Saturday night was Reid's first boy scout race car derby. I really wanted to go watch it with him but I hated spending the money on a sitter just so both Russ and I could be there. Grandpa Jerry & Grandma Cella offered to come down and watch "the littles" (I've been running with this a lot lately, comes out easier) so we could both attend.

Once they got into town Grandpa even decided to join us at the race. We had no idea what we were in for! It was a busy night... apparently I wasn't the only mom and Grandpa wasn't the only grandparent that wanted to watch. There were a LOT of spectators. The first 30 minutes was all signing in and weighing of the cars. Seems a few moms were tipped off to this fact as they came 30 minutes later. (note to self - next year... arrive 30 minutes later). The race itself was actually a lot of fun to watch - and some of the dad's were even more fun to watch. Boy, they sure can act like they don't care and then get ultra-competitive real quick. Russ had a pretty mellow (shocking) approach to it all. With this being he and Reid's first year

he just wanted the car to stay in one piece and make a "decent" showing. Which it did. Reid's car lost both of the two rounds it was in but they were both close races. The car never stuck, drag or fell apart... and it looked pretty cool. First year - success!

As we were leaving the derby I had Reid stop in his school to pose for a couple of pictures for me...

Here's Reid with Russ after the derby...

And Reid with Grandpa Jerry & Grandma Cella...

And a couple of shots from during the derby. The top is from his first race. The second is just him watching some of the other races going on...