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Last Saturday, Riley and I took our car to compete at Cub Pack 32's pinewood derby race, placing 2nd among the 33 racers submitting cars.

Last year's car didn't make it out of the shaping phase.  We got the car down to the shape and added weight, but I forgot to weigh it with the wheels.  When I tried to take some wood out of the center with a rotary saw, it went haywire, taking out way too much wood, extremely weakening the car frame, and still coming out overweight.  We had to bow out of the race.  But not this year.