Pinewood Derby Designs & Patterns: The Ultimate Guide to Creating the Coolest Car (Fox Chapel Publishing) 34 Patterns, plus Expert Tips & Techniques to Build a Jaw-Dropping, Prize-Winning Car Paperback – September 30, 2007

We have used this every year. The first couple of years my son picked designs from this book. Last year he made modifications to one of the designs in the book and made his own version. My son does several different color and graphic designs on photocopies of the car grid prints. I photocopy grid designs and glue them to the wood block as a cutting guide. They work great. Definitely recommend this to others.

This book has great designs, steps and hints for beginners and experienced Pinewood Derby racers. Need to check local derby rules though, as some of the tips may be against the rules, especially with the wheel prep and mods to the basic car blocks.

Purchased this book for our son's first Pinewood Derby race. It was very helpful and fairly easy to understand. The boys actually made the car pictured on the cover; Doesn't look quite as nice, but good nonetheless!

We have a pinewood Derby day at the day service center I work at. Everyone loved the car designs and patterns in the book.

This book has some speed information, but it is primarily about car designs. Very specific information about car designs. As my son (first Grade) said after his first derby "Triangle cars go faster!"; guess we will be working on wedge designs next year. But the Halo Warthog, while not in this book, was a cool design too.

I’m sure this is a great book for more experienced/advanced builders but it’s a bit too far ahead of my limited experience and talent. Attempting to build two cars for twin granddaughters upcoming Girl Scout race. Much of the contents in this book is beyond our skills and abilities. If we keep doing races and gaining experience, this book may be helpful in the future.

If you are building Pine Wood Derby cars, get this book. Very interesting designs to give you plenty of inspiration, and the photos and diagrams make understanding how to accomplish these feats of art, easy to follow. There is a speed secrets book that is a separate book, and is a good addition to the is book.

I ordered and used this book in preparation for my first Pinewood Derby. This book is very helpful and informative. I will continue to use it in the coming years.