CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- 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 ...

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 ...

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FARGO — On a summer day in 1972, in the shadow of Shakey’s Pizza and under the watchful eyes of proud parents, curious onlookers — and a few disgruntled dads — watched a 13-year-old girl from Battle ...

Ken Cline, a 1967 Soap Box Derby champion, is framed by a 1941 derby car that will be on display during this year’s Soap Box Derby Vintage Car Show, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Akron, Ohio. The 2025 ...

Soap Box Derby racing started in 1934 after Dayton, Ohio, journalist, Myron Scott, got the idea while photographing boys racing in homemade carts. Races have been held each August in Akron, Ohio, ...

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 ...

In the same vein as the Akron-based International Soap Box Derby, the Cub Scouts’ Pinewood Derby and Crazy Craft homemade boat races, Sears think[box]—the seven-story, 50,000-square-foot innovation ...

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. — All of 16-year-old Alexa Garren’s favorite things are on four wheels. “I’ve always loved fast cars. Ever since I was little,” Alexa said. It was way back in the 2nd grade when ...

The winners of the Pottsville Area Soap Box Derby are ready to compete in the national derby next week in Akron, Ohio. Kathryn Riegle, 9, of Orwigsburg, will compete in the Stock division while Jace ...

Lewis Spessard, a 15-year-old from Hagerstown, won the local Soap Box Derby in 1939 and competed in the national championship in Akron, Ohio. Spessard's winning car was donated to the Washington ...

Museum catalog item 318011.1 was built and raced in the finals at Akron in 1961 by Robert Pusateri. It was donated to the Smithsonian by his father. The official catalog description for item 318011.1 ...