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Originally Posted by edpontiac91
I remember when I built my son's car and all the trouble I had just to get the car to go perfectly straight. It's a shame that because the adults get involved with building these things, that unless you can cheat with every trick in the book, your son will look at you and say "why was my car last"? I think a much better idea would be to have ALL the cars kept in one room(maybe a school)and locked up until on certain nights everybody could come and work on their cars. That way NOBODY could polish the shafts, balance the wheels and so forth. About 90% of the cars are built by the fathers and it becomes a contest on who has the most high tech tricks built into the cars for the purpose of winning and the kids are allowed to MAYBE paint the car. Just my  |
I totally agree. My first year I let my son build it with my supervision and he came in 39 out of 40 kids. His only saving grace was the 40th car's wheel kept coming off during the race. You HAVE to do all of these tricks just to keep up with the rest of the field.