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RESOURCES ON THE WEB
TONS-AND-TONS of it!
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Pinewood Derby Mania - A Cub Scout Phenomenon

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SEARCHING THE NET FOR DERBY INFO

The Internet is a veritable goldmine of Pinewood Derby information. Expecially the World-Wide-Web and the UseNet (discussion groups.) The following links will provide you with days of research information to help make your Derby the BEST EVER! If you can't find what you are looking for after perusing the sources below, let me know, and I will ferret it out for you!!

  • The Pinewood Derby Racing Webring
    An exclusive Web-Ring dedicated to not-for-profit web sites which make a substantive contribution to Pinewood Derby Racing knowledge or lore. Got a GREAT Pinewood Derby website? Visit this link to see if your site meets the qualifications. For a list of the members of this 100,000 hits/year ring, visit the 'Members Page' and cruise the ring!

  • SCOUTER Net Compass on the Pinewood Derby
    In this collection of Web Pages there are gathered together terrific resources from dozens of sites on every aspect of Pine Wood Derbys. There are also commercial links from companies (many of who got their start as Cub leaders trying to design better ways of operating this event) who can provude electronic scoring and finish line detecting, car kit manufacturers, and race track plans as well as completed systems available for purchase. There are even books & videos that have been produced to help with the building process.

  • "InfoSeek" Derby Sites (over 650 sites!)
    Peruse over 650 sites that are listed in INFOSEEK. This query searches for sites that contain both the words "Pinewood" and "Derby."

  • "eXcite" Derby Sites
    Peruse over 580 sites that are listed in EXCITE. This query searches for sites that contain both the words "Pinewood" and "Derby."

  • Yahoo Derby Sites
    Check out the Pinewood sites that have managed to get YAHOO to list them. No small task!

  • Search "Rec.Scouting" for Derby Discussions
    This search actually searches the Usenet for Pinewood+Derby hits. 99% of the 'returns' are from rec.scouting news groups.

  • Search the "Scouts-L" Archive for Derby Discussions
    Search through over 7 years of Pinewood Derby discussions at the "Roundtable that never ends."

  • Derby Search in Scouter's Internet Compass DB
    This is a nice search tool to allow Pinewood Derby searches within the Scouters Internet Compass database. Once you are there, try out some other searches as well!  

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    SCOUTS-L ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS

    The following hyperlinks perform Pinewood Derby-related queries on over 7 years of accumulated discussions from the Scouts-L Archive. This archive is maintained by our friends at Scouter.com.

    SCOUTS-L is the "Electronic Roundtable that Never Ends". It provides opportunities for members of youth groups world-wide to interact, compare notes on their programs, discuss organizational problems and concerns, and communicate with members all over the world!

 

 

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