The Pinewood Derby is a piece of Americana that hearkens back to a treasured time when fathers taught sons about working with their hands and with tools to create something of value. That piece of ...

In case you don't know, a pinewood derby where kids build a car out of a block of wood, add some nails for axles and plastic wheels and then race them head-to-head on a length of track with an ...

Like all good pinewood derby cars, the success of [ilektronix]’s entry relied on the overall design. The wooden chassis cleverly hugs the raised guide in the track, and the slight downward angle ...

When your kid brings home that minimalist kit and expects you to help engineer a car ... the Pinewood Derby? Fail of the Week is a Hackaday column which celebrates failure as a learning tool.

Redmond Cub Scouts have been working hard on designing and building their pinewood derby cars. They'll check-in their wooden ...

PERHAM — The Perham Cub Scouts Troop held its annual Pinewood Derby on Saturday, Jan. 18. The event saw seven Scout race cars ...