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saturday the y-guide nation had the annual derby event. above, son one holds the derby car judged to be 2nd (from over 150 entries) in the "done by child" category. the purpose of the category is to recognize kids that were actually involved the creation of their car.
unfortunately, the spirit of competition racing drives most fathers to over design, build and paint the vehicles while the son watches television. many show up on race day with a derby tackle box containing tools for performance tweaking on the fly, both graphite and liquid lubrication for the axles, and supplemental weights to meet but not exceed the weight limits. it is sort of sad the father-son co-opperation element is lost.
all that being said, i put a lot of work into that car to ONLY win SECOND in the "done by child" category! i am going to hunt down the little bastard that won first place and smash his ugly little car. no, wait, slow down... i know that is wrong. correction, WE will hunt down the little bastard together! it is an opportunity for a quality bonding experience for both my son and i.