By David Knott
When David Knott isn't winning Emmys for The Penguins of Madagascar, he's a dad helping his two little girls with their Pinewood Derby entries. Dave shares this experience with FLIP.
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| David's Totoromobile entry for the dads' race. |
Pinewood Derby has been going on for quite a long time. I built and raced them for 3 years when I was a wee Cub Scout. My fastest car got me 3rd place overall. I was surprised to learn that the Y-Tribes also do an annual Pinewood derby race. Like most of you reading this, I said "What are the Y-Tribes?" It's run by the YMCA, and is a dads and daughters or dads and sons group/tribe, a bit like Scouts but with no merit badges and way less structure. Our tribe (the Zuni tribe) is dads and daughters. Since my girls are only one year apart I put them both in the same tribe. There are monthly meetings, but the big draw is the two weekend camps we do each year. One in Big Bear in January (for snow play,) and one on Catalina Island in April. And then there's also the Pinewood Derby.
