Hot Wheels Tournament

Our friends down the street exchanged gifts with the kids earlier this week. Erick got a Hot Wheel race track. Since I haven't grown up yet, I was pretty excited about Erick's new toy. Once I got it all put together, we began the tournament. We put all the old cars in one bracket and the new cars in the other bracket. The new car won. It was the yellow Side Dash or Emma Dash as it has been renamed.

A day later, we held the second tournament. This time the competition was a little more open. We tried to spread the speed around as it were so that we could truly determine which car was the fastest. Also, we changed the venue of the races. In stead of Ben and Erick's room, we moved the track to the smooth kitchen floor.

Suprisingly, it was Ben's Phantom car against the Emma Dash with the Emma Dash winning its second tournament

What memories!!

Starting posts.
Ben's Phantom and the Emma Dash in action.

This is a shot of the losing cars. The slower cars are at the bottom while those that went deeper in the tournament are at the top. Note the Mobil car in one of the slowest groups ... what a disgrace :-) Oh ... Fritz loved the racing. He sat there watching the cars almost the whole time!

Here are the top five winners. Ben's Phantom is the one that looks like the Batmobile. The Emma Dash is the yellow one in front. My favorite is the orange one in back. I'm sure over the Christmas break we'll host another speed tournament.