The Pinewood Derby Trophy

This Relic is the remains of my 1972 Western NY Regional Pinewood Derby Champion trophy.

I won the derby finals by a nose.

I carved that car out with my very own pocket knife.

My secret to the win was that I polished the nails that held on the wheels and later lubricated them with powdered graphite. I also added molten lead to a hole I had drilled until I was withing .1 grams of the maximum weight.

The aerodynamic design and cool ass paint job locked in the win.

--Cub Scouts were cool in those days.