We recently attended a "no-rules" Pinewood Derby. It was hilarious. The cars were divided into two groups - kid cars and serious get-out-of-the-way-here-come-the-Dads cars. It was too fun. The top picture is of a car made of pressure-rated PVC pipe that used compressed air - it was beat by a car with a serious motorized propeller*. The 3rd place car also used a propeller. There were also heavily weighted cars (antique irons, wedges used to split wood, a jar of peanut butter, hand weights, etc), even a remote controlled car.
Unfortunately we didn't have an entry this year. A few years ago we entered a pink girly-girl car and we attached a Barbie bicycle (complete with Barbie rider) - the girls even made personalized license plates with sequins and jewels. The car with the Polly pocket in it (above) was covered in jewels and was named the Pollinator!
*There was a bit of an accident with the motorized propeller car that involved several cuts (on one person) that ended up needing 11 stitches. Ya gotta love church activities!
