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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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

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 ...

Five $5,000 scholarships to Rochester Institute of Technology will be awarded to budding racecar drivers this weekend at the seventh annual Greater Rochester Soap Box Derby. The Rochester race, part ...

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 ...