The rules for Boy Scouts of America pinewood derby racing are specific and detailed. The aluminum track’s design is precise and a digital timing system is used to determine the winner. All of which is ...

In February 2012, The Dispatch asked engineers and designers at Battelle, Edison Welding Institute and the Center for Automotive Research at Ohio State University to design and build the fastest ...

When a Cub Scout builds a pinewood derby car, he tends to focus first on what the racer will look like when it rolls across the finish line. When engineers build a Pinewood Derby car — they’ll do it ...

TROY Thorne has carved out a niche in cutting-edge race cars that fit in the palm of his hand. Now he wants to give others a helping hand with their own pine-wood car creations. In his newly released ...

This last weekend my neighbor and his son (age 7) invited my son, Decker (almost 5), to come and watch his Cub Scout Pinewood Derby race. If you're not familiar with this event, the Cub Scouts host a ...

Every year, anxious Boy Scouts prepare for the Pinewood Derby, a competition of engineering and design ingenuity. Starting with a solid block of pinewood and four wheels, the boys and their adult ...

It took about 30 minutes for nearly 30 handmade cars to take turns rolling down a nearly 50-foot aluminum track on Jan. 31 at the Cub Scout Pack 18 Pinewood Derby in Winnetka at Winnetka Presbyterian ...

The Scene: Black-and-white checkered flags hang from a restraining rope along the edge of the track, holding back the builders and designers of the cars. The starting gate is electronically timed, the ...