A 13-year-old Ontario girl took fourth place in the stock division at the All-American International Soap Box Derby World Championships on July 19 in Akron. Briella will be a 7th grader this fall at ...

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 ...

CAMANO ISLAND — The cars sat in rows inside a big red barn, recently renovated. It was quiet at the ranch-turned-racetrack last week. It won’t be on derby day. The cars were built by drivers ages 7 to ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Gravity and creativity come together for an afternoon of downhill fun when the Kingston Artists Soap Box Derby returns on Sunday, Aug. 18. Like years past, the creations, some of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

Although they were unable to secure a world title, the local competitors from the Pottsville Area Soap Box Derby had a great experience racing in the national derby last week. Kathryn Riegle, 9, of ...

MUKILTEO -- When J.J. Iseman's granddad got stuck in parade traffic one year shortly before Mukilteo's soap box derby was about to begin, the young racer started to get panicky. "I want my grandpa and ...