Children in Pittsfield parks are getting ready for the Westside Legends Soap Box Derby with the help of some local businesses. Blue Q is one of the leads. and Interprint have staged a fleet of soap ...

On July 26, 1939, 15-year-old Lewis Spessard sat inside his soap box derby car beside the YMCA. building at 149 N. Potomac Street. Alongside Lewis sat his opponent, 13-year-old Bobby Krause. Five ...

Order your kit and start building your speed wagon, it’s almost soap box derby time. The 2024 Erie Soap Box Derby race is set to take place on June 15 at 10 a.m. on 36th and State streets in downtown ...

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania -- Every year on Independence Day, the streets of Conshohocken are rip-roaring with kids rolling in soap box cars. "My brother and my cousins have been doing this, so I've ...

Yahoo Racing is powered by Motorsport Network, providing expert reporting, analysis, and insider access across the world’s top racing series. And at the All-American Soap Box Derby, gravity, the car ...

The 2025 Vintage Soap Box Derby Car Show nearly came to a halt when floods rampaged through central Texas over Fourth of July. Luckily, Ken Cline, who runs the vintage show, chose to build his house ...

The quiet of Folsom’s Historic District — a quaint downtown area full of galleries, restaurants and shops — was replaced Sunday with the sounds of cheering and cowbells. The seventh annual ...

PITTSFIELD — Power drills were in high demand at Clapp Park on Thursday morning. As Pittsfield’s third annual Westside Soap Box Derby draws near, Clapp and two other city parks transformed into ...

FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - Students raced down the hills of Flint on Saturday, competing in cars they built themselves during the 5th annual Flint Soap Box Derby at Kettering University. Kevin Cronin, ...

When David Poage ventures to downtown Roanoke from his home in Bedford County, he says that sometimes he is still greeted with “Hey, champ!” Poage, 82, was 14 years old when he won the 1946 Roanoke ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City family is ...