Here it is, in guest post style. -ca] Starting kit: LEGO Car Winner–Best Original Design: The Pinewood Derby is a Cub Scout tradition dating back over 50 years. The kids are given a basic block ...

Tips for Building a Fast Pinewood Derby Car. Pinewood Derby cars are an expression of a child’s creativity and blend science, technology, engineering, and math in a fun, hands on activity.

Under Pinewood Derby rules, Scouts fashion race cars from a rectangular block of wood. The cars cannot be longer than 7 inches and weigh more than 5 ounces. All cars are weighed before competition ...

Pinewood Derby Designs & Patterns is another book by Troy Thorne. This 118 page book follows a similar format as the previously mentioned book, but this one is all about variety.

Get your graphite and hike a wheel, [Aron Hoekstra] writes in to completely embarrass us with some excellent pinewood derby cars. In the pursuit of that extra something [Aron] consulted with his… ...

The Pinewood Derby isn’t just about whose car is the fastest, though. Colin Kaiser, 9, may not have won his heat races, but he did take home the award for Most Scout Spirit for his WWII-themed car.

“Mom, bad news. I’m definitely not going to make it into the finals,” Christian Honicker said as he placed his blue wooden race car into his mother’s – Joan’s &#… ...