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In February 2012, The Dispatch asked engineers and designers at Battelle, Edison Welding Institute and the Center for Automotive Research at Ohio State University to design and build the fastest ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The “second-greatest spectacle in racing” returns to the Indiana State Museum just in time for a once-in-a-generation event that will darken the skies across central Indiana.

Westminster Hall at the Village Church of Northbrook, which has hosted pancake breakfasts and Cub Scout Pinewood Derby events over the years, became a community destination again on Saturday, Feb. 11.

LAKE WYNONAH — Twenty Scouts from Cub Scout Pack 651 showed off their hand-crafted derby cars during the annual Pinewood Derby Race. Each year, the Scouts are tasked with making a freewheeling car out ...

A metal track helped to power more than 30 handmade cars featured in the annual Scout Pack 18 Pinewood Derby Jan. 26 at Christ Church in Winnetka. The aluminum 48-foot track was purchased by Winnetka ...