In February 2012, The Dispatch asked engineers and designers at Battelle, Edison Welding Institute and the Center for Automotive Research at Ohio State University to design and build the fastest ...

COLUMBUS -- At the release of a lever, two cars zoomed down a 25-feet-long wooden track. The race was over in seconds as the brightly decorated vehicles were pulled by gravity crossed the finish line ...

TROY Thorne has carved out a niche in cutting-edge race cars that fit in the palm of his hand. Now he wants to give others a helping hand with their own pine-wood car creations. In his newly released ...

Every year, anxious Boy Scouts prepare for the Pinewood Derby, a competition of engineering and design ingenuity. Starting with a solid block of pinewood and four wheels, the boys and their adult ...

It took about 30 minutes for nearly 30 handmade cars to take turns rolling down a nearly 50-foot aluminum track on Jan. 31 at the Cub Scout Pack 18 Pinewood Derby in Winnetka at Winnetka Presbyterian ...

The Pinewood Derby is usually the biggest event of the year for Roxborough’s Pack 334, and this year’s race, held on Saturday, March 16, was no exception. This year’s Pinewood Derby was, in many ways, ...