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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

AKRON, Ohio — The rain didn't stop teams from seeing who will win in the Gravity Racing Challenge. Six high school teams from around the Columbus area and Summit County are behind the wheel, of cars ...

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 ...