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Ready, Set, Go: Bratt Church Holds Pinewood Derby
January 31, 2010
There was some small-scale, fast-paced racing action Saturday afternoon in Bratt as the First Baptist Church of Bratt held its “nearly annual” Pinewood Derby.
The cars begin with a block of pinewood that is cut and shaped into a car. Add wheels, paint, weights and other personal touches, and it’s a pinewood derby racer as long as it is under five ounces. During workshops on Wednesday nights in January, the participants sanded, weighed, painted and wheeled their cars.
The cars are 1:25 scale. Reaching about 8 mph on the short wood track equates to a full scale speed of about 200 mph.
For a NorthEscambia.com photo gallery from the event, click here.
The First Baptist Church of BrattĀ “nearly annual” Pinewood Derby race winners were:
Mission Friends
- First (tie): Anna Lee, Luke Amerson “Luke Duke”
- Third (tie): Rachael Sanders “Princess Car”, Lizzie Amerson “Lizzie Dizzie”
Girls In Action
- First: Juliana LaBorde
- Second: Mary Sanders
- Third (tie): Annah Amerson “Hanna Montana”, Victoria Amerson “Dorothy’s Tornado”
Royal Ambassadors
- First: Zachary Holland “Black Hawk”
- Zachery Payne “Alexander the Great”
- Colby Morris “The Gator”
Youth/Adults
- First: Greg Wilson
- Second: Dawn Turner “Hildegard”
- Third: Pete Amerson “First Place”
- Fourth: Sidney Amerson “The Tank”
Grand Finals:
- First (tie): Anna Lee, Zachery Payne “Alexander the Great”
- Third: Zachary Holland “Black Hawk”
- Fourth (tie): Trace Presnall “Thunderbold18″, Juliana LaBorde “The Faithmobile”
Pictured top and bottom: Scenes from the Pinewood Derby at the First Baptist Church of Bratt Saturday afternoon. Pictured inset: Anna Lee was one of the grand champions in Saturday’s racing. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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One Response to “Ready, Set, Go: Bratt Church Holds Pinewood Derby”
Hey way to go Amersons’. Are you all from one family? This was a perfect activity for all families.
What fun. Congradulations to one and all.