Attention, speed junkies! The Soap Box Derby is no longer a child-only activity as a group of full-grown kids have embraced the gravity-powered sport. Now, the do-it-yourself event has come to ...

Fleet Forward joins forces with the Soap Box Derby to inspire future engineers and fuel trade school dreams through hands-on ...

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 ...

Imagine hundreds of young boys flying down a breakneck hill in wooden contraptions of their own design. That scene was the very first Soap Box Derby — and it was held in Dayton in 1933. The race, held ...

Nearly two dozen Cub Scouts put on their racing gear for the annual Soap Box Derby in Illinois. On Sunday, September 1, 2013, the 3 rd Annual Soap Box Derby Race was held in Orion. There were 23 Cub ...

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, ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — The Kingston Artists Soapbox Derby will mount an exhibition of submitted poster designs from the 2025 poster design contest at the Arts Society of Kingston at 97 Broadway, from ...

The 87th FirstEnergy All-American Soap Box Derby championship brought people from all over the country to Akron for another year as racers connected with generations of derby families. For Dasha ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — The All-American Soap ...