Pinewood Derby

We had the Pinewood Derby last weekend... Grandpa Bruce helped Braxton make his car in about 2 days(he was going out of town and we saved it til the last minute:/) He had a lot of fun at first when it wasnt so competitive and he was coming in 2nd, his car actually did really well considering this was our first "Go" at the Pinewood Derby, he made it to the quarter finals and thats when everything went downhill. He came in last everytime in that round (since it was all against the fastest cars) and it was ALL OVER from there. Braxton is probably the most competitive child i have ever met in my life. He gets mad if he loses a board game so this was fairly emotional to say the least. I think about 4 or 5 kids didnt even make the quarter finals so he did pretty good but NOT good enough! according to him- We had the "talk" on the way there, ya know, "this is just for fun and if you dont win its ok" NO, it wasnt ok. There were like 5 other kids there crying too- I really think the pinewood derby is lame.. I mean the kids dont even make the cars!! One of his really good friends, luke, ended up winning the whole thing- I guess his dad is like a pinewood derby champion or something- he said NO one in his family has ever lost a pinewood derby:) So at the end after he was done throwing a fit and we had left, i said well next year you and grandpa can start earlier and we can have some better ideas, He said nah, i think ill have lukes dad help me:)