Our troop was pretty well put together, I can't speak for any of the others but I'd say the experience depends entirely on the leadership. If you've got a singular leader or maybe even 2 then put your kid in another troop, but our troop had 4-5 that were all around all the time. I was, first car got 1st place (based loosely on Mark Martin's Valvoline nascar), second car got 2nd and then third in visuals. My dad and I made the second one based on a picture of a 1956 Ferrari 860 Monza similar to this using the weights as the grill except using dark green automobile spray paint instead of the red.
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