2024 Pinewood Derby

On February 10, 2024 we will have our yearly Pinewood Derby race at the Veterans Memorial Hall. Please come by 5:30pm to register. The race will start at 6pm.

Race Rules

• We will have different categories:
  • Scouts – cars have to be made from the kits provided, and cannot weight more than 5oz
  • Parents / siblings – cars have to be made from the kits provided, and cannot weight more than 5oz
  • Open category – any car goes (including with engines)!
• Rules for cars
  • Cars cannot weight more than 5oz. We will provide weights to reach that weight at the race
  • Only graphite powder is allowed to lubricate the wheels. Liquid lubricant is not allowed

Car Distribution, Workshops

• We will distribute car kits to scouts at the 1/17 den meeting, and during the Pinewood Derby car workshops. Each scout enrolled for 2023 can have 1 car for free. Siblings and parents participating will have to pay $7 per car
• Each scout makes his / her car from a kit. We will have a workshop to help make the cars (especially to cut the wood piece of the kit):
  • The time and place will be announced soon
  • Scouts and their parents can come to the workshop, make their car and then leave
  • Please decide how to make the car, and draw the cuts that you want to make on the wood, ahead of the workshop. Several websites provide ideas for car designs
  • Please avoid complicated cuts: we expect a high number of scouts at the workshops
  • Parents need to be present at the workshop with their scout

The Day of the Race

• We will have a food stand with pizzas, drinks and snacks
• We will need parent volunteers to help set up the track, weight and handle the cars, for the food stand, and to buy food; please sign up here