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 ...

Lexy Schmidt from East Alton watched her 5-year-old son Viroon Williams race in his first Pinewood Derby. “His dad works on race cars, so he’s always been interested in racing,” Schmidt said ...