Our son and I have made Pinewood Derby cars that have won our Pack’s Scout and parent races each year. In this video, we share with Cub Scouts and parents how we did it. Our followup video (   • Build a Winning Pinewood Derby Car: S...  ) takes you through a stepbystep example.

A great number of tips and advice can be found on the Internet for making a fast Pinewood Derby car. This video shows the tips that we found to make the biggest difference and were the most worthwhile for the amount of effort.

See our followup video (   • Build a Winning Pinewood Derby Car: S...  ) for a stepbystep example of how to put all of these tips together to make an actual car that can win your Pack’s race.

Video Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:27 How do you want to win?
01:07 Learning the secrets
02:14 Balance point in rear
04:07 Aerodynamic shape
04:39 Perfect axle gap
05:12 Lots of graphite
05:44 Move location of wheels
06:32 Lift one wheel
07:18 Roll straight
08:37 Polish axles
09:27 Other tips
09:41 Wrapup