Every year since 1953, Cub Scouts across the country have participated in the Pinewood Derby with the goal of building and racing small, driverless wooden cars down a sloped track, powered only by ...

Like all good pinewood derby cars, the success of [ilektronix]’s entry relied on the overall design. The wooden chassis cleverly hugs the raised guide in the track, and the slight downward angle ...

Three dozen young Schuykill County residents raced down Laurel Boulevard in gravity-propelled cars on Saturday for the annual ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — While you wait for the month of May, you can have fun with a different kind of racing in the circle city. The green flag drops at the Indiana State Museum today for the ...

Ford Motor Co. is returning as part of the Kentucky Derby fan experience, and with it a chance for race fans to drive off in a new set of wheels.

By Derby rules the combined weight of racer and driver is limited. Because gravity is what drives soapbox cars and weight combats air resistance, competitors want to weigh in with their cars as ...