Have you seen this? Dude Dad creates epic Pinewood Derby track

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THE TRACK — Boy Scout Troop 83 at the First United Methodist Church in Fort Collins, Colorado, may have had the coolest Pinewood Derby track ever made.

They teamed up with popular YouTuber Taylor Calmus, known as "Dude Dad," who made a track with a loop that is taller than many, if not all, of the Boy Scouts in the troop. He says at the start of the video that it could be the Dude Dad's "most epic project yet."

Loops are not unheard of in Pinewood Derby tracks. One Pinewood Derby service advertises "circles of death," which is a loop system typically added after the competition races are completed as an additional challenge for the cars. Most loops I saw online are less than a foot high and are added to the traditional metal tracks; and, most videos showed at least one car not surviving the obstacle.

In Dude Dad's video, the loop was much bigger and on a homemade wooden track. Cars were consistently able to stay on the track, meaning the loop could actually be used for a real Pinewood Derby competition.

The video shows the process of building the track and making adjustments to keep cars on the track and going the right speed, helping kids make cars and the championship races.

I was never a Boy Scout but I made multiple Pinewood Derby cars to use on my family's track, which gets put up in our basement periodically for a science fair project or family Pinewood Derby. This video makes me wonder if any of my cars would do better on Dude Dad's amazing track than they did in my family competitions.

Calmus said his Pinewood Derby will be an annual event. It will be interesting to see what obstacle gets added to the track next year.