Scouts hope to break record for longest derby track James Rufus Koren, Staff Writer Posted: 09/25/2010 02:52:54 PM PDT DEVORE – One looks like a Nintendo Wii controller; another like a Star Wars fighter plane; another like a pickup truck carrying a four-wheeler.The sleek paint jobs, funny decor and odd shapes of pinewood derby cars often [...]
Join the ladies of the Hell’s Belles Car Club San Francisco for their 5th Annual Pinewood Derby & Silent Art Auction on Saturday, September 25, 2010. The Derby is a benefit for the Bay Area Women’s & Children’s Center, which heads up operations from San Francisco’s Tenderloin District. Doors open at 6:00, races start at 8:00. The [...]
Model Wind Tunnel Author: Douglas Desrochers Difficulty: Moderate Last year, at the annual Pinewood Derby race for our local Cub Scout pack, we used a Matchbox radar gun (see MAKE, Volume 10, page 148) to measure the top speeds of several cars. We learned that they reached 10mph–11mph at the bottom of the slope. Armed [...]
Sunday, September 5, 2010 Caleb Stott has a super fast Pinewood Derby Car. Maybe we should ask him for some Pinewood Derby Tips Pinewood Derby 2010! Jake and his friends always talked about doing pinewood derby- and it happened! Let me just say how proud I am of Jake for organizing it and putting the [...]
Published on Saturday, August 28, 2010 By SB Sun Staff Writer SAN BERNARDINO – Some of Floyd Huyler’s fondest memories are those he spent as a boy with his father, shaping blocks of pinewood into the likeness of race cars for the Boy Scouts of America’s annual Pinewood Derby. The spirit of the Scouts, and [...]
Novec Helps invites you to Family Fun Day with Pinewood Derby! When: September 11 from 10:00am to 3pm. Where: NOVEC Gainesville Technical Center 5399 Wellington Branch Dr, Gainsville VA Activities include a Pinewood Derby with the weigh-in beginning at 10am. But wait there’s more! A moon bounce, childrens crafts, fire truck display and much, much [...]
