Generations of families gathered in Conshohocken to celebrate the 75th running of its annual Soap Box Derby, a Fourth of July ...

In many ways, the history of the All-American Soap Box Derby runs through Bob Troyer. Having served as the organization’s public relations chairman since 1973, he’s been the eyes and ears of the event ...

Anderson Soap Box Derby. Jack Hosier puts his head down before going downhill at Derby Downs as part of the Anderson Soap Box ...

For the last time in her 15-year racing career, two-time world champion Erin Donovan traveled six hours from her Pennsylvania hometown to Derby Downs for the 86th annual FirstEnergy All-American Soap ...

Brother against sister, cousin against cousin. No, it’s not the Civil War, but the competition can get intense at the Northeast Soap Box Derby. For one day a year, the Broad Street Hill becomes a race ...

The PDX Adult Soap Box Derby, Portland's madcap downhill race on homemade soap box cars, is coming down the track. And while it's easy to find yourself secretly hoping for carnage, crashes on race day ...

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Two by two, 72 racers age 7 to 19 boarded their soap boxes and flew down the track at Arrowhead Ranch on Camano Island ...

The first All-American Soap Box Derby was held in the U.S. state of Ohio in the early 1930s. Since then, millions of children have gotten behind the wheel of a home-made, motor-less (gravity powered) ...

La Course Red Bull Boîte à Savon is the grand prix of soapbox events. Amateur drivers take the wheel of their homemade vehicles, fuelled by nothing but sheer courage, the force of gravity and perhaps ...

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 ...