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On the Web
- Maine Soap Box - Connecting soap box derby enthusiasts to races in Maine.
- Southern Maine Soap Box Derby - Derby racing for York, Cumberland, Oxford, and parts of Androscoggin.
- Louisville Soap Box Derby - Provides rules, race divisions, registration information, sponsors, Louisville champions, and general history of the derby. Race held in Kentucky in June.
- Columbia River Soap Box Derby Association - An annual event held in Washington State. Information includes local events, results, sponsors and links.
- The Greater Rochester Soap Box Derby - Features upcoming races, past results, photos, and sponsors. Located in New York.
- Huntersville Soap Box Derby - Located in North Carolina. Includes general history of the sport, how to get started, racing divisions, local information and map, calendar, registration forms, photos, and results.
- Northern California Soap Box Derby - Includes news, event schedules, photo gallery, race results, local track information, and links.
- Southwest Michigan Soap Box Derby Association - Based in Buchanan. Includes schedule and registration form.
- Wayne-Holmes Soap Box Derby - Information on event includes on-line registration, calendar, photos and champion listings.
- All American Soap Box Derby - Includes information about the organization, FAQ, rules, kit plans, news, technology, message forum, history, champs, and related links.
Wikipedia Articles
- Soap Box Derby - The Soap Box Derby also called coaster car raceis a youth soapbox car] racing program which has been run nationally since [[1934. World Championship finals are held each July at Derby Downs in Akron, Ohio.
- Derby Downs - Derby Downs, in Akron, Ohio, has been the home track of the All American Soap Box Derby since it was built as a Works Progress Administration project in the late 1930s. The three-lane asphalt track starts near the top of George Washington Boulevard and drops in a straight line down the wooded hill in the shadow of the Rubber Bowl, ending ...
- Pushcart derby - The Pushcart derby is a popular sport event in August in Jamaica where homemade carts that is used like a moving restaurant (vendors who sell food etc), to transport items (mainly merchandise to the market, but some are used as moving trucks) or as a racing cart take part in races like the American soap box races. One of these carts are very sophisticated and have been clocked at 60 miles per hour on a downhill homestretch.
- Myron Scott - Myron E. Scott (September 16, 1907-October 4, 1998) was the creator of the All-American Soap Box Derby.