Its pinewood derby time and I am fortunate enough to have a boy that is of age to race. Any body else doing one or have any tips ?:woohoo:

Its pinewood derby time and I am fortunate enough to have a boy that is of age to race. Any body else doing one or have any tips ?:woohoo:


Make it as low a profile and as heavy as they'll let you. Also make sure you have enough "meat" around the axles so they will stay steady. The best one my step son made had that problem. It looked like a 1st grader pencil with axle supports. but he made them too thin. He made two killer runs then the wheels buckled and they left him in the dust. Good luck. Its loads of fun. Let your kid have some of it too. :thumbsup:

I had my share of them when I was in Boy Scouts. The one that I had that was the most successful was not anything spectacular to look at it was just designed to be really aerodynamic, was right up to the weight limit, and we were allowed to put graffite on the axles. Good luck and most of all, have fun! :thumbsup:

My friend was in BS once ands all he did was cut the wood in half and shaved some wood off the sides and he won, beating all the fancy shemancy cars.