Pinewood Derby Benchmark Companion Cars

Establish a performance baseline. Measure your results. Improve your racing setup.

Derby Dust® Benchmark Companion Cars are purpose-built performance reference vehicles designed to provide a consistent, measurable standard for pinewood racing.

Unlike traditional completed race cars, Benchmark Companion Cars are developed specifically for performance comparison, track evaluation, and tuning reference. Each car is professionally assembled, configured, and individually track-tested to meet or exceed an established minimum performance standard.

Our Benchmark Companion Cars are available in three performance categories determined by wheel weight. Each category offers two performance levels:

• Benchmark: Meets or exceeds the established minimum performance standard for its wheel-weight category.

• Beyond Benchmark: Meets a higher, separately established performance standard for the same wheel-weight category.

Every vehicle is tested before shipment using the same controlled track configuration to provide a consistent basis for performance comparison.