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Check Out These Nonprofit Pinewood Derby Sites

Updated 25 March 2007

auto021.gif - 130 Bytes Pack 146, Chantilly, VA

This is Cory Young's excellent site with lots of helps for building cars, and running races.

 

auto035.gif - 278 Bytes The Ultimate Pinewood Derby Site

Lots of neat web page graphics - history, race tips and more!

 

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Don DeYoung's site contains a very good selection of pinewood derby car pictures, references and rules.

 

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Great looking track setups and animated car release mechanism. It hasn't been updated for some time.

 

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Darin Mcgrew's extensive resource for building cars with lots of car pictures and ideas. There's a very nice 4 lane track design.

 

auto021.gif - 130 Bytes GrandPrix Race Central  This is Randy Lisano's GrandPrix Race Central. It includes information on Awana Grand Prix, Pinewood Derby, Kub Kar Rally with some neat software and electronic interfaces to help you run your race.
auto054.gif - 265 Bytes Pope's Pinewood Pages Stan Popes huge collection of pinewood information includes instruction and theory of car building, racing & elimination techniques and much more.

 

 

These Sites Sell Pinewood Derby-Related Products

We do not endorse or promote these vendors but list them as reference.

Company Name / Link
Address / Phone Number
Type of Service or Product

10 Peabody Street Bradford, MA 01835-7614

Phone: (978) 521-7095 FAX: (978) 374-5568

Digital and mechanical Scales for weighting/Testing Cars
Beta Crafts, Inc.

P.O. Box 546 2682 Rt. 130 Cranbury, NJ 08512

Phone: (609) 655-1940 FAX: (609) 655-0106

Source for pinewood Derby kits, Aluminum Track plating and much more. The manufacturer of Scout Grand Prix car kits and Space Derby kits until January of 2000. They still make pinewood kits, aluminum pinewood derby tracks and the Canadian Scouts Kub Kar kits. Many BSA units still accept these kits for racing. They are a higher quality than is being supplied by BSA.

NewBold Products

NewBold Products 1200 Oakhaven Drive Roswell, GA 30075 1-866-NEWBOLD 678-352-0084 office 678-352-1444 fax

Timers and Finish Lines, Displays and Software
Hodge's Hobby House

Hodges Hobby House 598 Young Street Tonawanda, NY 14150 voice orders

Sales 1.650.654.0447

Longtime Provider of commercial PWD kits, parts, how-to books and pre-shaped car blanks. They offer many BSA and BSA compatible parts and some that are reworked to offer advantages over the standard. Check your locals rules before using some of these wheels. They're really fast but can be illegal. Very good how-to advice.
San Francisco Scout Shop

East Bay Scout Shop

1001 Davis Street, San Leandro, CA 94577-5602 (in the YLTC) (510) 633-2005 (Voice) (510) 633-1795 (Fax)

This is a National store that will take orders and ship anywhere. VISA/MC/DISC/AMEX.
San Diego Scout Shop

1207 Upas St. - San Diego, CA 92103

Phone: (619) 294-3806

This is a National store that will take orders and ship anywhere in the USA. VISA/MC/DISC/AMEX.
S & W Crafts S & W Crafts Mfg. C/O: Ray & Cathy Kathol P.O. Box 5501 - Pasadena, CA 91117 Phone: (626) 793-2443 ~ Fax: (626) 793-5216 These folks make the original style pinewood derby car that use the dowel and screw type axles. They also carry track kits & other wood craft kits. Check it out on their web site!
Pinepro

62 White Street Red Bank, NJ 07701

Phone: (732) 842-5215

Pinepro offers many precut wood shapes for cars, axles, lubricants and axles. These seem to be interchangeable with the BSA axles but be aware of possible diameter differences,
Pinecar

PineCar PO Box 98, Linn Creek, MO 65052 Phone (573) 346-5555 M-F 8-5 Central Time USA Fax (573) 346-3768

Lots of car kits, ribbons, awards and other non-BSA products. Their products are offered in many hobby shops as well. Not accepted in most Cub Scout races.
Piantedosi Oars

Piantedosi Oars P.O. Box 643, West Acton, MA 01720 Phone (978) 263-1814 Fax (978) 263-5940

Makers of fine quality wood and aluminum tracks
Commander Ed's Custom Products 36973 SE Fall Creek Rd. Estacada, Oregon 97023 Phone: 866-631-7713 Wes Bruning's site sells the Grand Prix Organizer Version 3.0 and various other Grand Prix products
Lisano Enterprises

Lisano Enterprises 10190 Knoll Circle Highlands Ranch, CO 80130

(303) 362-1300

Randy Lisano has created software to help organizations organize, register and get race results on the participants with his GrandPrix Race Manager software
Indy Products

Indy Products Co. 1225 N. Indianapolis Rd Mooresville, IN 46158

800-427-1999 FREE 317-831-1114 VOICE 317-831-8771 FAX

Makers of the FASCAR pinewood derby cars and also offer track kits. Not accepted in most Cub Scout races.

www.pinewood-derby-timer.com

 

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