And they're off.........

The AWANA Grand Prix was held Saturday evening. Gator Raid weighed in at 4.3 oz (max was 5 oz) and Grey had the option of adding more weight, but decided not to. He didn't like the way the extra weights looked on it. Grey competed against the other 1st graders, including "Tow Mater" by Shelby Streater, also from the Jim Streater Collection which, by the way, won Best Design. How the race worked: Each car raced in 4 heats. Then the the times were averaged to come up with overall 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places. We didn't place overall but we did win one of our heats which thrilled Grey. It really was a lot of fun! Grey is already thinking about next year's design. I better see if Jim can pencil us in on his calendar.

Here are Gator Raid and Tow Mater talking a little smack before the race.
Here is one of the heats where Gator Raid and Tow Mater went head to head. Tow Mater came in 1st and Gator Raid took a close second.

And this is the heat Grey came in 1st. (Yes, we did a little victory dance, a small Baptist-approved victory dance.)