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 ...

The soap box derby competition is open to children ages 8 to 17. Adam Dean, Nicholas St. Clair and Travis Dean wait for their turn to practice driving on the Walrond Park soap box derby track.

Drivers from the 1985 Jamestown Area Soap Box Derby prepare to head down the hill on Baker Street at Bergman Park. P-J file photo EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article appeared in The Post-Journal ...

ROANOKE — 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 ...

Bryce March no longer has the $1 pocket watch he won more than six decades ago in the Soap Box Derby race at Jackson. "I wish I did," said March, who received the watch for having the "best brakes" on ...

A bit of old-fashioned fun is racing down Park Slope’s 17th Street this Saturday at the seventh annual Soap Box Derby. Since 2008, Open Source Gallery has been offering workshops in which children ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO/Gray News) - An 8-year-old girl is proving that no obstacle is too big when there’s a dream to race. Born with a physical disability that left her with legs that didn’t ...