The Best Pinewood Derby Resources for a Winning Car
Does your Cub Scout want to have the fastest Pinewood Derby? Or maybe the coolest car? Find out how to make both with these Pinewood Derby resources.
If you search for “Pinewood Derby cars” on the internet, you will find a plethora of information. Whether this is your first derby and you just want to know what to do with that block of wood or you’re searching for all the latest and greatest speed tips, you’ll find all the Pinewood Derby resources you need!
If you haven’t already, become a member of the Cub Scout Ideas community by signing up for our email updates. When you do, you’ll be taken to a page where you can get our FREE guide, “How to Build the Best Pinewood Derby Car Ever.” Just fill out this form to sign up!
To save you a little search time, I’ve compiled a list of links to some great websites that can help you build the fastest and the coolest car.
You can get all the tools and supplies your Cub Scout needs to build their Pinewood Derby car in my Amazon store!
If a kid can imagine it, they can build a Pinewood Derby car of it. Scout Life magazine has compiled photos of Derby cars for years. To get the creative process started, have your child check out some of the awesome cars from recent years.
Best Derby Cars from Scout Life
Pinewood Derby Car Grid Template
If your Scout wants to design his or her own car, using a grid template can make it easier. Download your free copy by clicking this link: Pinewood Derby Car Grid Template.
How to Build a Derby Car
Now that your Cub Scout has decided on the car they want, how exactly do you build it? If you’re an experienced woodworker, this isn’t a problem at all! But if you’ve never held a saw before, you’ll need some assistance! 🙂
In addition to the free guide you can download, check out these Pinewood Derby books.
Pinewood Derby Car App
And “there’s an app for that!” It wouldn’t be the 21st century otherwise.
The Pinecar Calculator is a free app for both iOS and Android devices. It helps you find your car’s center of gravity, or it can calculate the amount of weight you need on your front axle to place your center of gravity where you want it.
Click here for the iPhone and iPad app.
Click here for the Android app.
I hope these Pinewood Derby resources are valuable to you. Good luck in your Pinewood Derby!
Yours in Scouting,
Sherry
P.S. Check out all these cool Pinewood Derby photo booth ideas!
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The Pinewood Derby is one of the most popular Cub Scout events each year. And Sherry is correct that the internet has become a major source of information on how to build a Pinewood Derby vehicle, and unfortunately, many times for a fee. My past experience as our Pack’s Pinewood Derby Chairman has given me one valuable piece of advice for all Pinewood Derby participants: KNOW THE RULES TO YOUR PACK’S PINEWOOD DERBY! Some of these booklets and websites offer “speed tips” or racing components for sale that may be against the rules! It would be a shame to have a Cub Scout’s vehicle get disqualified at registration on race day because he followed an illegal tip that was learned from the internet!
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You are absolutely right–we need to make sure that the boys know your pack’s rules! And I would add that you should check your district’s Derby rules too. Our pack simply adopted our district rules as our pack rules so that none of our boys would be disqualified there.
Thanks for reminding us!
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That’s good advice, as district rules tend to be more strict than some individual Pack’s rules!
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Hi we’re finishing up our pinewood derby trophies we made wooden participation awards and um running out of ideas any help would be appreciated
Examples are
Coolest design
Sportsmanship award
Most colorful
I need more though we’re making 40 of them and we have 20 finished-
Hi, Jace! You inspired a blog post. Here’s what I wrote last night. Hope it’s helpful!
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