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 ...

Many of us have had kids go through Cub Scouts’ Pinewood Derby competitions. This is when boys (ostensibly) use a wood block kit to create cars for a gravity race. A good time is usually had by all, ...

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 ...

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 ...