Pinewood Derby

A week ago Saturday was my son's Pinewood Derby. He placed second in his den, and as he descibed it, last in his rank. Of course that was last in the rank's run-off. So, he was last of the four that qualified. That means that he could have been fourth, or perhaps a few places back in the overall for his rank. The boy who won his rank went on to win the overall pack race. My son said that he lost because his car got sashed by another car during one of the heats and he claimed that he had to run on one of the slower lanes twice. I wasn't there, so I can't be sure. I couldn't see any obvious damage when I looked at the car. So, we did OK, but not really well.