In the end, both cars ended up being pretty fast. Jack took third place for speed.
Here he is with his trophy.
And here is a better (but blurry) look at his car. If you know Jack at all, you would have been able to tell that this was his car with no trouble. The kid loves Legos, and he loves green, so this car fit him perfectly. It turned out very cute.
Thomas was pretty mad that his car took fourth place in speed, so this made him the alternate to go to disrict and took him out of the running for a trophy in the Show category. His last two years he won first and second in show and was hoping to make a clean sweep of show trophies for his pinewood derby years.
His car turned out really cool. It was a Star Wars speeder and this picture does not do it justice. I am confident it would have taken show if he hadn't taken an award for speed. Oh well. It is good for kids to deal with a little disappointment now and then. I would have thought he would have been glad to have a car that was winning more than losing for a change.
Every year I keep the tally running of how many cars we still have to go. With five boys, that means Jeremy had 15 cars to help with before he is done. We are down seven, only eight to go. We are almost halfway there. After three years of doing two cars every year, next year he will only have one, so it will seem like a piece of cake, I'm sure.