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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lynsey Harris spoke with Jason Wilkinson of Kendall Cares about the upcoming third annual Kendall Auto Soap Box Derby. Before the event, teams build full-sized gravity-powered cars for a pretty ...

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 ...

Hundreds of young racers, some from around the world, have begun to arrive at Derby Downs for the 86th annual FirstEnergy All-American Soap Box Derby. The derby involves racers ranging in age from 7 ...

MACEDON, N.Y. – The Greater Rochester Soap Box Derby has a permanent home for the first time in 30 years. The new building on Quaker Road in Macedon opened Monday. The facility houses all the cars, ...

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 ...

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 ...