The better you lubricate your Pinewood derby axles the faster your car will go.  The more you reduce friction the better off you’ll be. That’s no mystery.
The mystery is… Are you lubricating your axles well enough? 
Most Pinewood Derby racers use graphite for lubrication.  Most racers lube the insde of the wheel bores, insert the axles, [...]

The Derby Monkey Ultimate Axle Polishing Kit is designed to polish your Pinewood Derby car axles to the maximum level possible. Experts agree that the better the axles are polished the faster the car will go. This complete kit will allow you to create the most optimized axles for top speeds and district championships.

The kit [...]

Question: I don’t know the best way to go about drilling the Pinewood derby axle grooves. I’m thinking I will take a ruler and pencil to make the grooves, and then just keep tapping along the pencil lines with a small drill bit. Or, maybe I could take it to Home Depot to have them [...]

Question: Is monkey jam better than using red jeweler’s rouge ?
Answer:  The short answer is yes Monkey Jam is better for fine polishing Pinewood Derby axles because the grit particle size in Monkey Jam is much smaller than the majority of red jewelers rouge.  So this means that Monkey Jam is a much finer polish [...]

Pinewood Derby Axles
Want the truth about Pinewood Derby Axles?  Do you want to prepare your own or buy aftermarket pinewood derby axles?  There is a lot to sift through so we’ll try to keep it simple and informative.
BSA Kit Axles or Aftermarket Speed Axles
You must decide on which pinewood axles you want to use. You [...]