Pinewood Derby Car Pictures: Easy Free Pinewood Derby Car Design Ideas with Photos

Pinewood Derby season is here, and so is the time to design that winning Pinewood Derby car. Perhaps the hardest part of building a Pinewood Derby car is coming up with your car's design. If you're looking for Pinewood Derby car design ideas, a picture speaks a thousand words. Do you build the car for maximum speed? Do you try to design your car to win that Best-Looking Car trophy? Or do you go for both? Check out the links below to get your creative juices flowing. The pictures are organized by different types of popular Pinewood Derby car designs.

Pinewood Derby Car Pictures and Design Ideas
Some of the most popular car designs are the easiest to build. Most of the designs pictured below require only basic woodworking tools.

To see the Pinewood Derby car pictures in this collection, the links will appear in all CAPS.

The Wedge Design
Always a popular choice, the Wedge design looks like an elongated triangle. Designed for speed, the Wedge can also look great with a creative paint job and a few minor alterations.

Click HERE to see a nice modified wedge with a vertical fin in the rear.

This slim wedge is built for speed. Wheel rub is minimized by the thin design. The corners are rounded as well. Click HERE to view a photo of this wedge design.

This collection of modified wedge designs show how paint and decals can give cars with a simple, basic shape a great deal of individuality. Click HERE to see these car pictures.

HERE are two matching wedge designs.

Click HERE to view this awesome modified wedge design. This car features fenders in the back as well.

This "Waving Flag" design is a terrific idea for modifying a basic wedge shape. The excellent paint job really makes this car stand out. Click HERE to see a picture.

Sleek and silver, this next car is a fast-looking wedge with a tapered nose. Click HERE to view this Pinewood Derby car design.

Curved Car Designs
A bit more complicated than the basic wedge, these Pinewood Derby car pictures still feature cars that require minimal saw work.

THIS handsome car looks like a silhouette of a real sports car. The fin in back really adds to the look of this car.

HERE is a futuristic rounded car with a unique, symmetrical design.

Here's a nice car that's reminiscent of a stock car. Click HERE to see a photo.

This unusual curved design features two cut-outs. Click HERE to view a picture.

Open Cockpit Car Designs
The old Pinewood Derby rules required cars to have a cockpit area. Fortunately the BSA has eliminated that rule, allowing for more design ideas. However, sometimes you can't beat those old open cockpit car designs.

These racers require a bit more cutting and sanding, but should be easy enough to build with basic tools.

This open-cockpit car design looks like the real thing. Click HERE to see a picture.

This next open cockpit car looked like it was fun to build. Check out the gear stick. Click HERE to view this car.

HERE is a simple open cockpit design that could just as easily be grouped with the modified wedge designs.

HERE is a great-looking open cockpit car that looks like it was inspired by a bobsled.

This is a very complicated open cockpit design that is not easy to build, but was just too cool to leave off the list. This Pinewood Derby car is an all-wood Batmobile with working headlights and tail lights. To check out this awesome car, click HERE.

When designing your Pinewood Derby car remember to adhere to your local district and pack rules, and as always remember that the car is a project for you and your Cub Scout.

Hopefully, these design pictures will help inspire you and your son as you build your own winning Pinewood Derby car design.

To read more about how to design you Pinewood Derby car for maximum speed, click HERE.

Good Luck and Good Racing!