SEVEN. THE OMAHA SOAPBOX DERBY CHAMPIONSHIP IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF SEVEN AND 18 COMPETING FOR A CHANCE TO GO TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP LATER THIS YEAR IN OHIO. ALL OF THE ...

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 ...

Yahoo Racing is powered by Motorsport Network, providing expert reporting, analysis, and insider access across the world’s top racing series. And at the All-American Soap Box Derby, gravity, the car ...

The quiet of Folsom’s Historic District — a quaint downtown area full of galleries, restaurants and shops — was replaced Sunday with the sounds of cheering and cowbells. The seventh annual ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- 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 ...

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 Roanoke ...

Bailey Kralemann's strategy was to take off her glasses, duck her head as low as possible and pump her body for extra momentum. Bailey and her mother, Robin, participated in the annual Cape Girardeau ...