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 ...

Would you use your tech prowess to cheat at the Pinewood Derby? When your kid brings home that minimalist kit and expects you to help engineer a car that can beat all the others in the gravity ...

“I think he’s suffering the consequences,” Eggers said of the parent. Pinewood Derby cars are carved from a small block of wood. The pack’s rules say that mercury and other liquids can’t ...

Scouts watch as pinewood derby cars race to the finish line Saturday at the Kootaga District Pinewood Derby held in the College Activities Center at West Virginia University at Parkersburg.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — They started as rectangular blocks of wood, but on Saturday, they were shaped into cars that zoomed ...

On Sunday, the Cub Scout Pack 627 of Gurnee Pinewood Derby featured handmade cars crafted by most of the pack’s 40 Scouts, with the event held in the gym at Woodland Elementary School in Gages Lake.