There have been countless memorials for the gloved one, but none as heartfelt and timeless as the pinewood derby car created by H|L.

True, it was too heavy to race with the body in the casket, but it made a strong showing nonetheless. The car named “McCaully Coffin” won a single race at CoolFire Media’s annual event raising money the St. Louis Ad Club’s scholarship fund.

Lots of great cars showed up, but only one can be called the king of poppin’ out of the coffin.