Summer break ended on a speedy note for young racers who participated in the 17th annual Soap Box Derby on 17th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues in South Slope on Aug. 24. The racing action, ...
They had the need for speed. More than 45 kids took to the streets of South Slope in handcrafted vehicles for some old-fashioned road racing during the neighborhood’s annual Soap Box Derby on Saturday ...
The Soap Box Derby is an Ohio tradition that families around the world also enjoy. In June 1933, a Dayton-area photographer, Myron Scott, accepted an assignment from the Dayton Daily News to ...
KINGSTON, N.Y. — When the Kingston Artists Soap Box Derby returns in 2026, it will be under a new name due to potential trademark issues with the name “soap box.” The organizers announced that the ...
A hometown hero was celebrated, then immediately fell from grace, in the summer of 1973. That August, 14-year-old Jimmy Gronen won the 36th annual All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio. His ...
Submitted photo... Parker Lame, 13, of Canfield, shows off his race car and trophy after winning the world title in the Super Stock division at the 85th FirstEnergy All-American Soap Box Derby in ...
Ten year old Avery Hebert drives the Bel Air Lions Club car in one of the races in the soap box style derby on Main Street in Bel Air this afternoon. Cameron Wallace, left, driving the Crabby Axe car, ...
The design and engineering of today’s soap box derby cars have come a long way from the original crate-crafted, kid-created alley races of yesteryear. “The image of soap box cars depicted in movies ...
Drivers from the 1985 Jamestown Area Soap Box Derby prepare to head down the hill on Baker Street at Bergman Park. P-J file photo EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article appeared in The Post-Journal ...
The first Bel Air soap box derby since the 1960s will be racing down Main Street on Sunday afternoon, thanks to the efforts of town officials and the Bel Air Lions Club. The Bel Air Town Derby will ...
COLUMBIA - Families from all over Missouri participated in the Mid-Missouri Soap Box Derby Sunday. The race shut down streets in downtown Columbia from Seventh Street and Broadway down to Providence ...
Billy Evans was 10 years old when he captured the first Jamestown Area Soap Box Derby in 1985. P-J file photo EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article ran in The Post-Journal on May 24, 2009 to ...
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