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Ian Andrade, our 2024 Ashland Pinewood Derby champion

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Source
YouTube / WACA-TV Ashland
Date
2024-04-25
Location
Middlesex County, MA
Material
Transcript
Extent
561 words · about 4 min
Collected
2026-06-05

Transcript

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0014 3 2 [Applause] 1 hello and welcome to Around the Clock I'm your host yalanda Greaves right now we are going to be interviewing Ian and rock in welcome back to Around the Clock hello so you are here this year again because you have been the winner of the pinewood derby for the second time in a row yes yes what was that like winning it for the second time like I don't know but it just fit I just didn't know I was going to win I thought I wasn't going to win how much did you win by like literally 100 of a second hundredth of a second now how many how many other cars did you have to compete against 81 81 cars yes is that the same as last year or a few more

002than last year few more than last year few more than last year so how old what's the age range of the of the participants of the pinewood derby well there is the the well there is an open division which is which like anyone can participate M so if you're including the open division basically any age okay so but and those 81 cars covered all the divisions the your Division and the open division yes and you want to against all of them you won against 80 other cars what do you think made it so that your car won again this year Well we adjusted the ma the center of gravity a bit M how did you did you adjust it down or up I think we just yeah op we did op a bit okay does

003your car have a name Black Thunder and K2 Black Thunder and K2 can you shoot it toward me this way let's see look at it wow very nice now so you made this car ooh it feels a little different than last year what are you given to make this car what do you mean like well you don't get to decide how you you get you are given certain things aren't you to make the car out of well basically everyone does it the same way yeah basically everyone gets gets a gets a block get a block of wood mhm four nails of axles and four wheels okay okay so you have something special on the front of your car what made you decide to add that this is a 3D printed front spoiler to make the

004car a bit more aerodynamic aerodynic aam wow 3D printed did you print that at home yep my dad has a 3D printer I see cool and the wheels do you get to pick the wheels or do they give you the wheels they give you the wheels and okay I mean it is I mean it is against the rules to get custom wheels but you can get wheels of different colors but you can't get like the custom wheels what's your what's your favorite part about the pinewood derby well the races yeah yep so how many races did you have to participate in I me participating I think it was like four okay wow that's all only four and that's what deter that you and are they all timed yeah so each each race has four cars

005okay and whoever reaches the end faster wins the race I see so and it also checks the speed and the time it got down there okay cool cool so this is your second year do you think you'll try to do it again next year I'll try to make it better next year better next year well Ian I want to say congratulations on the second time winning the Pinewood Derby I know it's a really big event here in Ashland and I want to thank you for coming back to around the clock and sharing your story about your car and winning again this year you're welcome okay good luck and maybe we'll see you next year okay okay thank you Ian you're welcome and that's our interview with Ian Andrew from the Ashland pinewood derby and he

006is the winner the second year in a r thanks for watching

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