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 (STEM) in a fun, hands on activity.

The Question Every Parent Wants to Know: How Can We Build a Fast Pinewood Derby Car? I had some ideas about what we needed to do, but with this question in mind, I began some research. There is no ...

The days of the pinewood derby are long past in my house, yet there are some tips and tricks we picked up along the way to make your car go as fast as possible, for those of you are participating in ...

Maybe with his help we can finally build a car that won’t get laughed off the track. BONUS: Click here to see 100 cool Pinewood Derby car photos collected by, who else, Boys Life.

Thousands of websites offer physics lectures, videos, design tips and how-to books on Derby cars. And many of them focus on where the weight should be placed on a car that cannot exceed 5 ounces.

When engineers build a Pinewood Derby car — they’ll do it if you ask them nicely — they tend to focus first on taming the Newtonian forces that keep it from crossing the finish line even faster.

Feb. 17 was when Cub Scout Pack 463 staged its annual Pinewood Derby and coming on March 2, the community is invited to the 68th annual Pancake Festival from 7:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. at 1300 Shermer ...

Pinewood derby cars made by Cub Scouts are lined up on a table before the start of a night racing at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, in Henderson, Nev. Brent ...

Children who receive a Pinewood Derby car at the Thomas Appliance event are asked to return to the GM display on the flat lot in downtown Flint to race their cars between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Aug. 18.