Looking for some new pinewood derby car design ideas? Take a look at some of the great cars sent to us in 2012, and then send us a picture of your pinewood derby car.
When the race is over, enter the winner's circle by building this display for your pinewood derby or model car.
A different lesson is for dad and son to use the Internet, understand some physics, teach some woodworking, and see how your efforts can compete- that is, if the scout wants fast over artistic. Just a thought.
Nice bullet bill!personally,I think he’ s the best one I’ve seen.his flames are awesome and I like his shape.how did you make someone that awesome???!!!
Nice bullet bill!personally,I think he’ s the best one I’ve seen.his flames are awesome and I like his shape.how did you make someone that awesome???!!!
In my pack someone made an ice cream sandwhich one
If you’re not a craftsman your son has no chance because the woodshop dads, uncles, and grandfathers are going to win with their tools. I enjoyed the time with my sons and won 4th place in regionals with the most basic hand cut car!
im am doing the pokemon car but with oshawatt tepig and snivy
That is just do cool!! I can’t wait to attempt to make one of these for my brothers race! It will be so awesome!
cool. i want 2 make 1. where do u get the supplies?
the squid/octopus carr was the one i got second place to in best design!
Good for reference on pinewood derby cars. And I need it, because I am stumped this year about designs.
I just started my own & it looks better than all the rest
I just started making my own & its better than all the rest
the cars probably took some time and some hard work:)
I like all the cars! the cars show how creative the people are.Not all of them are going to be fast but its the thought that counts!:)
Theres one kid in my pack thats dad is an engineer and he wins every year. I hate when dads build cars for their kids. That’s why we had an adult race for the parents to try to encourage the parents to let their kids build their own cars.
these are very unique ideas. They were probaly hard to make!
awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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No, sadly… i wanted them to have pinewood derby as a boy scout…
After you unlock funny car races, what do you do!!
I will thank you so much if you replie!!!!
I just passed over to boy scouts… Are there derbys in boy scouts?
Unfortuanly, there isn’t. I do still wish there was though
Sorry, there aren’t any more pinewood derbys after cub scouts!
I’m the champ with 600,377,557,012 no one can or has beat me!
You will notice that on the races that you cannot go on certain roads, well it turns out that some of these roads are short cuts, so watch out so you can find them and good luck.
I think on bobcat trail there is a short cut on the second blocked road after the starting line, but you have to do it in a certain way.
in fact go on some of the races and just go slow and look for short cuts, don’t try to win when you do this just look so that it will help you in the race that you try to win, nobody else that will race will know about these shortcuts, even the boss.
This is one of the best games on the site!!!!!!YEAH MAN!!
this is soooooo easy. i finished it in like a day it got boring after about a halve an hour but i wanted to beat it and feal victorious,but i didnt i felt like i wanted to go on another website,but i couldnt have or else i wouldnt be typing this. ha ha.
I beet the whole thing in a day. I am in first place with 81,500 dollars!!!
I won the game and I have 1,789,345,236 dollars repley if somebody beats that.
Hey boss is there any way to get to the boss easier than just defeting every single level and this goes to any of u who play this game
I do not know but if i find out i will let you know. I did not evin start playing the game yet!
lol guys i just beat the game in like 21 mins including funny
you have to get funny to beat game unless u wer talking about you beat the funny cars too
I am so good i am on pro and i started yestday i am about to be on duel in i am only in the4th grade. I ROCK AND IT IS EASY
lol this is so easy. i beat everything i thot there would be something at the end
OOOO ok everyone once u beat all boses and after that beat all funny cars u get the boss car. HAHAHA
I got the boss car, beated him in all races in 1DAY! HAR HAR HAR!
what do u mean VERY EASY it’s not very easy! I can’t even beat a seagle race!
i beat all the bosses,got the bosses car,am 1st place,and got gold in every race on all three files!:()
all races beat i am the boss of derby town $123,950 and my car is fully upgraded rock on suckas
it is ok it is some times hard to control your car but you can get first place i know it.
this game is so awsome i have came in fist every race
i beet the game in about 20 minuites! including the boss!
In Derby Town, pinewood derby racing is a way of life. You'll need to work hard and drive fast, working your way up the rankings table and unlocking more races as you go.
Last year I beat everyone in my school and opposing school and got the GIANT TROPHY!
To many of these races are being won by DAD BUILDT cars. Remember this is for the boys. Dads only help!!!!!!!!
Our council forbids 3-wheelers; I believe most councils do. You can buy axles (nails) in bulk from various on line stores. I believe the car (including axles, wheels etc) needs to be crafted by the cub scout with some help and guidance from an adult (especially when safety is a concern). Buying pre-made cars or professionally modified parts on line defeats the purpose of this exercise and definitely sends the wrong message to your scout and others.
Thank you for sending your tips in. They are very help full. Heres one, Bake your car at 250 degrees for 2 hours.
your cars are the coolest .My pine wood derbyis cool to plese
If you have to take your wheels and axles to a Machine Shop to make them faster then you have forgot the meaning of scout fun the idea is to make it with your son and use the tools that would be found in any garage not a machine shop.
If you buy it over the internet then you still don’t get the point.
my brother has past all the ranks in all scouting. he very rarey lost any races all thanks to his pinewood derby secrets. he still has all his cars in a glass boxes. i stink at making fast cars! for some reason i allways win space derby. bye guys! big-d
It is a little silly to suggest making a car from 20 axles when 4 come in a kit. Buying 5 kits is over the top.
I like the tips and have used most of them with success. However, I strongly disagree with extending the wheelbase. I believe the stock axle position should be mandatory. Not all parents have the ability or the tools to re-locate axle slots.
ABC are selling cars are ready to race right out of the box. Each car is tested on there track. they can’t guarantee that your car will win but it is very fast. These cars are selling fast. What a farce…
build a mini pick up my son tryed it and it won 1st place
weve been trying to get a better car thanks ill try it when it comes
hey thanks for the tips, i never knew abou the “3″ wheeler thing until now and im sure to beat my classmates in physics! thanks again for the advice
Please reconsider some of your tips. My scout used tip #5 – Extend your wheel base. We had to move them at the council race because they were further apart than permitted. As a result the wheel wasn’t very secure and wobbled/rubbed agains the car.
I came up with a speedy design nicknamed “Hawkspear” its 6 and a half MPH
Don’t put the axles in all the way let the car teter it makes it fast
I loved the pinewood derby when I was in cub scouts.Now I’m a boyscout.But you do alot of fun things in boyscouts.GOODLUCK to all of you.
Why do they have to put lead under the cars? Does the weight give it better stability and speed? The first Pinewood derby race I did, they filled an entire hole full of lead, and I won first prize.
can you grease the wheels when you’re making adjustments to your car?
i looked in the book of the rules you can put there wheels. It’s just evebody thinks its not aloud but it is. My son made one and it won first in the pack and first in Arizona.
hey blue lightnig dude! my design isn’t blue lightnig. But it’s as fast as you say your’s is!
These are great tips! The big thing to remember is that this is for the boys. Dad’s, HELP the boys don’t build the cars for them. They must learn on there own, guide them, that is how they grow. I always sugest and have a race for dads and tag alongs! Remember to check with your district an cub masters for the rules and guidelines!
Is it legal or not to extend the lenght of your wheel base on you Pinewood Derby car? The car has grooves where the axles go when you recieve the car in the box.
It isn’t clear in the Kit instructions?
I used these tips and i won 1st place speed in pinewood derby.
hey i’m making a ufo for a car what are you making?
Hey, I got a funny storie. I went with my freind to a derby once and i had to use his car from the year before because i wasn’t even in scouts(I’m a tenderfoot now) and i won first place against him!
No you can’t, wizland! My cars were Blue Lightening (last year) and this year Blue Lightening II. BUT! The first car I made in Webelos 2. In my (or my little brother’s now) pack if you have a little brother in cub scouts then you can race in the “unlimited” section.
BlueLighteningDude
I was reading and flipping the pages of Boy’s Life Magazine when I got to the page with the picture of the wooden and painted Pinewood Derby car and that reminded me that the Pinewood Derby was coming up. I noticed that the page had Speed Secrets printed on it, so I asked my dad if I could do my Pinewood Derby car right away!Luckily he said yes. When the car was finished, I waited a couple of days, until the Pinewood Derby started I got FIRST PLACE!!!and I only got in second once during the whole entire race!(not including the championship race but I was in the championship race) for Bears in 2008. You should really try these speed secrets!
Where can I get several axels to choose from? Somebody help me quick!!!!!
Hey, blah. You can still be counted in with Webelos 2 if you’re in boy scouts. (:
Thanks for the tips. I won 1st place last year and i’m hoping to win again.
There are many ways to make your pinewood derby car go faster. Here are some of them.
Make that block of wood look like steel with these pinewood derby painting tips.
I made one it’s a snake, it was so fast they nick named it the “green machine”.
as a guitarist i like the laguna.
i once made one that, though it somehow won the best of show, also took 2nd in our races (meaning runner up in the state) w00t!
thar wii remote car reminds me of the car i made when i was a tiger it was a tv
These are the weirdest cars ive ever seen.I made a batmobile and a lego but its not as good as yours.
i loved the sponebob,wii remote,andthe all 4 cubscout one.
I like the fire truck derby car.Who came up with the idea?
The snake car was awesome!! I liked them all, great work guys!!
Do you think the boyscouts should feature the General Lee Car, It seems that it could be offensive to some people in our country.
wish my car was like that because mine didn’t even make it down the track
I loved the spiderman car. should have won best in show!
I know somebody who made a Wiimote car. the liscence plate said Wiibelos. I’ve made a TV remote control (taking apart a remote to help design) a Hershey bar (with the wrapper as a stencil) , and a cell phone! I went to a district race and there were lots of Lightning McQueen cars (moral of this sentence: DONT MAKE A LIGHTNING MCQEEN CAR! IT IS NOT ORIGINAL AT ALL!).
i want to know how to mack the one with the trailer
i made one that had an imperial star destroyer from starc wars
i think they are very cool and i wish that i am a relly good artist
Well i won twice in a row no one even got a tie with me.
But then i want to let some one else win so i built a show car
a mini cooper
my 2006 pinewood derby car was really fast because it got two strew sticking up on the top of my car that why my car was fast.
all these cars are amatuer compared to my bad boy
I LIKED THE WII REMOTE AND THE DUKE OF HARZZARD
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this race track is super fast and it would be really cool to be able to use that for my pinewood derby races.
our troop shuold get 1 its only 35 feet
whenever you pinewood derby race, if your weight limit at the greatest is 5.0 grams, and your limit at the least is 1.0 grams, go for 1.0 . less weight means less friction. less friction means more speed. i made the mistake of 5.0 grams and i didn’t get a trophy. seriously, try the least weight possible.
Cj,that’s not true. If you don’t have enough weight,then you won’t get as much of gravity’s pull,and won,t go as fast.
cj,the more weight you have the faster your car will go. tip put the weight in the back of your car.
PINEWOOD DERBY CAR’S ARE THE FASTEST CAR’S ON PLANT EARTH! In thare scale of 1.24 to 1.25, And raced on thare track lenth of 35ft to 45ft. At 2.5sec at 288mph! (give or take the speed a little!) It’s faster then a pro drag car,in thare scale and track lenth!!!
They were going REALLY fast. When I did my pinewood derbies I won 1st & 2nd.
awesome . how fast did they go ? i did mine and I got out in the third heat 3rd
I got fourth place in my first pinewood derby this year. I also got most creative
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man! those cars go so fast! i hope i’ll get 1st place at this year’s derby
they should make a HUMONGOUS track down the empire state building and see how it goes
that track is so cool I cant even tell you how fast it went!
I’m the sister of a cub scout who will be having his 1st race in a couple weeks. I think it looks fun!
this year one car was so fast and it came off the track and then one car hit another car
that was cool! I’ve never seen until now how fast model cars can go on a track like that.
mine could go twice as fast i won champ 5 years
I thihk from watching that makes me feel like I should do th derby this year!!!!!
i saw the derby race track in a boys life mag. but i had no clue they went that fast!!!! by the way how do thay stop those cars? they look like they are going suppper fast?!?!?!?
I can’t wait for my first derby race!!! im so excited.
Watch video of Indiana Cub Scouts experiencing a whole new speed of pinewood derby at this giant track.
Fifty-five years have passed since Don Murphy, then Cubmaster of Pack ...
Watch as members of Pack 10 in Cornelius, N.C., prepare and race their cars in a Pinewood derby.
Keep the number stickers on your derby racecar by putting clear nail polish over the stickers after you put them on your car.
THIS GAME IS CO AWESOME,I’M GONNA TELL MY FRIENDS!!!!!!
I thought the game would be so fun, but I was wrong. Not many car designs and hard to control the car.
I love the game! I got up to level 3. The purple is a little too fast for me though!
this steering is very poor and the objective is harder.but still a very very very very very very very fun game
i love the pinewood derby at my school. i always win like here its awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Cool game yet Ihad trouble on the turns I made to the Wolf trail.
TO VCU WON HAHA DUKE FANS:
DUKE IS BETTER THAN VCU=P
I like this game, but i still cant get past the bear pass level, it has way too many turns for me to handle.
IT REALLY rocks ABOVE all THE GAMES. I’m a girl with my brother and we love the pinewood derby game the best!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think this game is the worst game i ever!!!!!!!!!!!! also the controls wher to hard
This game is lots of fun but you should be able to design the car more
i made it to level 100!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
I give 4/10. turning to hard when your in the cones.
dis game be stupided cause the handiling is bad and thoose stuipided cones
cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
Choose and customize your own pinewood derby-style car to race. Take first place to proceed to more challenging courses.
Use fishing weights to make your pinewood derby car heavier. Drill holes just a little bigger and deeper than the weight, then pour glue into the hole before putting the weight in. Set the car upside down until it dries. Be sure to weigh the finished but unpainted car until you’re close enough to the […]
Sand the wheels on your pinewood derby car. It helps them spin fast when rolling down the track.
Cool!
Loved the minecraft one, also the R2-D2
all look neat but I like the dragon best
All of them are pretty cool, my favorite is the miencraft one, i remember building cars and racing, so much fun!!!!
there cool. I only dont want mine to catch too much wind.
LOL MInecraft derby car!!!!
lightsaber rocks.
Wow these are all very neat. I loved the stapler car. At first I thought it was a real stapler and you put wheels on it. But then I realized that it was carved out of wood!
These are soo cool ,i wish i could make one.
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Me, too.
LOOOVE M&M CAR!!!!!!!!!!!
I like the 60s ‘Vett
right there with you
that aint no 60s corvett! its 50s!
What do you mean?
wish I had that talent
me got mad skillz
Yes those are pretty good. I like the minecraft one, and I thought the KIDS were supposed to make the cars.
wow so cool;)
All Look AWESOME Nice Job all
they look pretty neet
coooooollllllllllllll.
I think that those cars were awesome. If those didn’t win, than they would get awards for best looking cars.
these are so awosome the coolest one is the minecraft car
i spent rthe whole saterday making my pinewood derbey
all of them sooo cool
OH YAY SO COOOL
how awesome are these!!!!!!!!!
i now more cars to add to!!!
I love these! I wish I thought of them!
these are beast
ALL OF THEM ARE SOOO COOL
They All Look AWESOME Nice Job