Special Pinewood Derby Page!!Car

This page will serve as a starting point for designing your pinewood derby car. The links provided will lead you to various web pages with a LOT of useful pinewood tips!



Basic Tips

http://www.simplyweb.net/bosworth/template.htm This link provides information on choosing a shape for your car. You can use these templates, or make one of your own.

http://www.simplyweb.net/bosworth/howto.htm This is on the same web site as the templates above. This is a very good site for learning how to get started.

http://www.abc-pinewood-derby.com/design-pinewood-derby-car.htm Yet another good site for the beginner wanting to learn how to build a pinewood derby car.


More Advanced Tips and Speed Tips!


http://www.howstuffworks.com/question169.htm This is a great site that just happens to have a page on how to makes those pinewood cars FLY!

http://www.rahul.net/mcgrew/derby/speed.html This guy has some experience in making these cars go fast.


The Official Rules for Pack 91 Pinewood Derby

Go here for a copy of the Rules.

These are the Cache La Poudre District Pinewood Derby Rules. Please note that the District fee is NOT required at our Pack level. This will only apply if some of the cars go to the district level races.


Some Pictures from the Pack Pinewood Derby in 2009 and 2010