– Feature Article – Pining for a Derby Track – Pinewood Derby Car Showcase – Q&A Pining for a Derby Track by Steve Smith Every year when derby season comes around, scout packs that don’t own a Pinewood Derby track think, “Should we buy or keep borrowing?” After years of borrowing a derby track or […]

– Feature Article – Top Fuel Cars: Improved Propeller Car – Pinewood Derby Car Showcase – Q&A Top Fuel Cars – Improved Propeller Car (The eighth in a series of articles on cars that “stretch the rules”) Two years ago Maximum Velocity introduced a “Propeller Car Kit”, which is a car with propulsion assist from […]

– Feature Article – Rule Pet Peeves – Pinewood Derby Car Showcase – Q&A Rule Pet Peeves (An update of an article published in Volume 4, Issue 4 on November 17, 2004) I receive lots of questions and comments from our readers about rules. Many times the person is asking me for the rules for […]

– Shop Talk – Making Weight Pockets – Pinewood Derby Car Showcase – Q&A Shop Talk Making Weight Pockets Mounting weights on pinewood derby cars can be done in many ways. The easiest way is to screw plates on the bottom of the car. The next simplest is to drill holes into the side, back […]

– Feature Article – Cheater Bars – Do They Work? – Pinewood Derby Car Showcase – Q&A Cheater Bars – Do They Work? Many years ago, the predominant commercially available track was equipped with a simple starting mechanism. The starting pins were attached to a board which was held in place by rubber bands. To […]

– Feature Article – Ten Commandments of Pinewood Derby Racing – Pinewood Derby Car Showcase – Q&A Ten Commandments of Pinewood Derby Racing (An update of an article originally published October 6, 2004) Most people know of the Ten Commandments.(1) When I was young they were posted in the schools, courts, etc. With the shift […]

– Feature Article – Your First Taste of Victory or Defeat – Pinewood Derby Car Showcase – Memory – Not a Bad Day – Q&A Racer Boy: Pinewood Derby – Your First Taste of Victory or Defeat By Rob Krider Most of us gearheads experienced our first competitive car race in the pinewood derby. A […]

– Feature Article – Using a Mini-Lathe – Pinewood Derby Car Showcase – Memory – Some Things Never Change – Q&A Using a Mini-Lathe Okay, I know that many of our readers will have no desire to ever use a lathe for pinewood derby car preparation. But for the small percentage of our reader’s that […]

– Feature Article – Revell Enters the Pinewood Derby Market – Tip – Shop Talk – You Can Never Have Too Many Clamps – Pinewood Derby Car Showcase – Q&A Revell Enters the Pinewood Derby Market As many of you have heard through the pinewood derby forums, BSA has teamed up with Revell to offer […]

– Feature Article – Grading on the curve – Car Showcase – Memory – New Track Record – Q&A Grading On The Curve Does that phrase bring back memories of elementary and high school? For most people, the grading curve brings back bad memories.As you recall, the grading curve was used to assign letter grades. […]