The Race

We're heading to the big AWANA Grand Prix race in a little bit. First, we'll feast on hot dogs and nachos with the rest of the AWANA crew at the Pit Stop supper, then it's on to the big race. Wesley is hopeful to win a trophy for the second year in a row. I asked him if he knew what a fluke was?! I'll post later tonight with the results!

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Well, the big race is over and there was no trophy for Wesley this year. He was a bit disappointed, but except for a sad face for a few minutes after the trophies were handed out, he took it quite well.

The race track

They set up the race a little bit different this year. Last year, two cars would race and if you lost twice you were out. This year it was all computerized. Four cars raced each time and each car went down each of the four "lanes" once. The winner was the car that had the shortest total time added from all four runs. So Wesley was hopeful because his car came in first three out of the four runs, but unfortunately his overall time put him in 7th place.

The Final Scoreboard

Wesley's car had an average time of 10.55 seconds (the winner was 10.30) per race and an average speed of 197.1 mph (the winner was 201.8 mph). So it was close! Everyone gets a certificate of some kind though so this year he got "Most Realistic Looking Car" and a participation ribbon.

Wesley with his ribbon and car

Roz missed the fun since she had to work, but the rest of us had a good time. The boys always enjoy eating at church. Justus ate so much he said "no thank you" to a cookie for dessert! The new race set up did speed things up this year so we were home just in time for bed.

Next year we will have three cars in the race! Brother vs. brother! That should be a lot of fun! It will increase our chances of bringing home a trophy when the Shown family makes up a larger percentage of the total racing population!