How To Build a Pinewood Derby Car/Dimensions and specifications

Table of Contents

• Home
• Preface
• Rules
• Block
• Wheels
• Axles
• Assembly
• Physics
• Appendices

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Block

• Height: 1.25"
• Width: 1.75"
• Length: 7.0"

Weight

• Total: 5.000 oz.
• Wheels 3.6 g (stock, 1.0 g minimum practical)

Wheelbase

• Stock 4.406" (4-13/32")[1]

Front Overhang 1.781" (1-25/32")

Rear Overhang 0.813 (13/16")

• Extended 5.75"

Overhang 0.625" (5/8")

Track[2]

• Lanes: 2-6+
• Starting Height:4 ft. (variable)
• Lane Guide

Width 1.625"

Height 0.25"

• Length

32 ft. (typical wood)[3]

40+ ft. (typical aluminum)[4]

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  Orthographic projection of a Pinewood Derby car block
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  Diagram of pinewood derby car block with standard BSA wheelbase.
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  Pinewood derby car design template for standard wheelbase PDF
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  Diagram of pinewood derby car block with extended wheelbase.
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  Pinewood derby car design template for extended wheelbase PDF
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  Dimensions of a stock BSA wheel
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  Dimensions of a stock pinewood derby axle.