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 ...

They had the need for speed. More than 45 kids took to the streets of South Slope in handcrafted vehicles for some old-fashioned road racing during the neighborhood’s annual Soap Box Derby on Saturday ...

“Ready on the right? Ready on the left? One, two, three, go!” A locking mechanism on a ramp releases and two soap box speedsters build up momentum on a slope in a parking lot at El Toro High School in ...

Anna Roth, 7, of Kansas City neared the finish line in her hot-rod-style car as she raced against Carlie Kilby of Independence, Iowa, Sunday at the Kansas City Soap Box Derby races at the track near ...

Shouts of “good luck!” echo across the start line as the drivers tuck low into their cars. There is only an inch of visibility between their helmet and the body of the car as they work to get the best ...

FLINT, MI-- Kevin Cronin is bringing soap box derby racing back to Flint after a nearly 25-year absence. Michigan’s first soap box derby race in nearly a decade, according to Cronin, will take place ...