The Pinewood Derby is traditionally seen as part of the Boy Scout ethos, but now local girls are stepping up to the track to race their own cars. As Irondequoit mom and Girl Scout leader Suzanne ...

Westminster Hall at the Village Church of Northbrook, which has hosted pancake breakfasts and Cub Scout Pinewood Derby events over the years, became a community destination again on Saturday, Feb. … ...

Local Girl Scouts celebrated their inaugural Pinewood Derby races in January at Cross Roads Presbyterian Church in Monroeville, with help from the Cub Scout Pack 184. The turnout was 64 pinewood ...

Every year since 1953, Cub Scouts across the country have participated in the Pinewood Derby with the goal of building and racing small, driverless wooden cars down a sloped track, powered only by ...

Girl Scouts from Troops 9004, 983, and 91441 had spent time making their own Pinewood Derby cars, as well as crafting their own “derby hats” (akin to the derbys one might find gracing the ...

TEUTOPOLIS – Parents, siblings, grandparents and friends gathered on Sunday for the Cub Scout’s annual Blue and Gold Banquet and Pinewood Derby Race at Teutopolis Grade School. Roughly 25 ...

On Sunday, the Cub Scout Pack 627 of Gurnee Pinewood Derby featured handmade cars crafted by most of the pack’s 40 Scouts, with the event held in the gym at Woodland Elementary School in Gages ...

The Chestnut Ridge District of the Laurel Highlands Council, Scouting America held its annual District Pinewood Derby for the Cub Scouts in the Indiana County Area Cub Scout Packs on Saturday at ...

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.

Scouts watch as pinewood derby cars race to the finish line Saturday at the Kootaga District Pinewood Derby held in the College Activities Center at West Virginia University at Parkersburg.

If you want to give your Scout the best chance of winning, follow these seven steps to build a faster pinewood derby car.