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Pinewood Derby Build Clinic – Jan 5, 2017

Attend the Build Clinic and Stay for January Roundtable Pinewood Derby Rules 2017 Score! OK, we all know that those pinewood derby cars shaped like iPhones and candy bars are really cool.  But, are they really cool and really fast? Be honest . . . you want that checkered flag. We can show you how…

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These People Just Built the World’s Longest Pinewood Derby Track

In all of Scouting history, no one has built something quite like this. The Boy Scouts of America Mid-America Council built and raced pinewood derby cars on the world’s longest pinewood derby track. Overhead view of the world’s longest pinewood derby track. (photo: Mid-America Council) Some might think they’ve seen longer pinewood derby tracks, but the Scouts…

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2016 Pinewood Derby Was A Rad Race

Over 200 Youth Thank you to all the participants at the June 4th Council Pinewood Derby! We had over 200 youth participants at the event, making it one of the larger Council races. Trophies were awarded to the top ten cars in every rank and also to the top cars of each of our open…

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Six easy steps to planning the ultimate Pinewood Derby

The Pinewood Derby can seem like a maze of tasks that make up a million-piece, very complicated puzzle, but it is time to simplify things a bit and make this all about fun for everyone. These steps should guarantee that you throw a successful and well-run race day event, whether it’s your pack’s first time…

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A fascinating look at the history of the Pinewood Derby

Don Murphy Decades before precision starting gates, glow-in-the-dark cars and electronic finish lines that measure time to the thousandth of a second, there was a two-lane wooden track in California. A lot has changed since Cubmaster Don Murphy dreamed up the idea for the Pinewood Derby in 1953. But a lot has stayed the same,…

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