Top 8 tips for building the fastest pinewood derby car

How to build the fastest pinewood derby car. It's pinewood derby season and if you're helping your scout build a car, you definitely want to check out these tips and tricks we've discovered over the last 5 years of racing to help you across that finish line faster than ever before. In this video I talk about the TOP 8 things that will help you build the fastest pinewood derby car. We have numerous first and second place finishes using the tips I show you in this video so make sure to stick through to the end. You can also jump to different sections listed in the chapters below. I show you how to pick the perfect placement for weight, lighten your pinewood derby wheels, polish your pinewood derby axles, how to get the perfect 5 ounce pinewood derby car, how to bend your pinewood derby axles, some pinewood derby speed secrets and some pinewood derby tools that we use to make setup even easier.

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If you used these tips and and finally got that first, second or even third place finish finally, let me know in the comments below! I'd love to hear about it

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:20 Car Design
1:44 Optimizing Weight
2:25 Weight Placement
3:10 Wheel Alignment
3:57 Bent Axles
4:40 Polishing Axles
5:40 Graphite Lubes
6:24 Lathed Wheels
8:04 Our Winning Car Design

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