– Feature Article – Grading on the curve – Car Showcase – Memory – New Track Record – Q&A Grading On The Curve Does that phrase bring back memories of elementary and high school? For most people, the grading curve brings back bad memories.As you recall, the grading curve was used to assign letter grades. […]

– Feature Article – Google and the Pinewood Derby – Shop Talk – The Right Stuff: Choosing the Best Adhesive – Pinewood Derby Car Showcase – Q&A Google and the Pinewood Derby I’m sure most of you have at one time or another typed “pinewood derby” into the Google search engine. At the date of […]

– Feature Article – Creating “The King” – Pinewood Derby Car Showcase – Q&A Creating “The King” by Andy Holzer When my son Noah was given his first pinewood derby car kit in 2004-2005, we began looking at pictures on the Internet for ideas. He asked “Could we build it to look like a real […]

– Feature Article – Working With Needle Axles – Pinewood Derby Car Showcase – Q&A Working With Needle Axles Since late 2006, Outlaw style wheels equipped with needle axles (actually pins) have been available from DerbyWorx (RSN Wheels). When properly implemented, these needle components have a distinct advantage over regular Outlaw wheels (RS Wheels). Due […]

– Shop Talk – Drilling With Accuracy – Pinewood Derby Car Showcase – Q&A Shop Talk Drilling With Accuracy If you were reading a book and the phrase “drill bit” was used, what mental image would you conjure up? Most people would think of a standard high-speed steel (HSS) drill bit that is part of […]

– Feature Article – Don’t Do That: Avoiding Pinewood Derby Pitfalls – Shop Talk – Keep It Square – Pinewood Derby Car Showcase – Q&A Don’t Do That: Avoiding Pinewood Derby Pitfalls (An update of an article originally published Volume 3, Issue 10 – February 4, 2004) As I have read information on Pinewood Derby […]

– Feature Article – Moment of Inertia Revisited – Pinewood Derby Car Showcase – Q&A Moment of Inertia Revisited On November 29, 2006 – Pinewood Derby Times Volume 6, Issue 5 an article was published describing the results of an experiment to determine the effect of a change in the moment of inertia on performance. […]

– Feature Article – Liquid Lube Testing – Shop Talk – The Best Pinewood Derby Rule – Pinewood Derby Car Showcase – Q&A Liquid Lube Testing On occasion, a package arrives in the mail from a lubricant manufacturer. Generally, the package contains a lubricant that the company would like for Maximum Velocity to offer on […]

– Feature Article – Top Fuel Cars: My CO2 Car – Pinewood Derby Car Showcase – Memory – The Trophy with the Blue and Gold Flames – Q&A Top Fuel Cars: My CO2 Car (The seventh in a series of articles on cars that “stretch the rules”.) In Volume 8, Issue 13 (March 18, 2009), […]

– Feature Article – New Cub Scout Pinewood Derby Wheels – Shop Talk – Measuring for Success – Pinewood Derby Car Showcase – Q&A New Cub Scout Pinewood Derby Wheels If you follow pinewood derby racing, then you will have heard rumors that BSA is changing the wheels in their Cub Scout Grand Prix Pinewood […]