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 ...

His son Owen Zuber, 12, is a Cub Scout, as well, and he helped with the cars at the finish line of the track. Seeing the kids’ reactions during the race is Patrick’s favorite part of the Derby.

The cars are powered only by gravity. With an adult’s help, each Pinewood Derby car is built by a Cub Scout using a kit that includes a wooden block, plastic wheels and metal axles.

That is, unless he's a Cub Scout in the Boy Scouts of America, and the 7-by-2½-inch piece of pine is part of the materials he needs to make a Pinewood Derby race car.

"Pinewood Derby started in 1953 in Manhattan, California, and ever since then, the Cub Scouts have taken it and it's been a part of the program," she said.

Cub Scouts and their families cheer on the wooden race cars as they approach the finish line during Mattoon Pack 33’s annual Pinewood Derby on Tuesday evening at First Baptist Church.

ENDICOTT, NY (WBNG) -- The race day for the pinewood derby is every scout’s favorite day of the year. For Maine-Endwell Pack 209, that day was Sunday as dozens of kids assembled at American ...

Cub Scout Pack 734 held its annual Pinewood Derby at Solana Pacific Elementary school on Jan. 26. Cub Scouts built miniature cars from blocks of wood, plastic wheels, and metal axles. The cars are … ...