A 13-year-old Ontario girl took fourth place in the stock division at the All-American International Soap Box Derby World Championships on July 19 in Akron. Briella will be a 7th grader this fall at ...

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 ...

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Springfield Avenue in Westerleigh was transformed into a motor-less speedway Saturday afternoon as volunteers and parents launched their children off ramps in homemade race cars ...