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Bowling Green, Kentucky |
2012 BB&T All-American Soap Box Derby
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This
year we will again be racing at the Kiwanis Soap Box Derby Track located
at Phil Moore For those visitors to this website who are new to Soap Box Derby racing, welcome to a youth sporting program “as wholesome and American as apple pie.” Soap Box Derby came into existence as an organized sport 65 years ago when an enterprising news photographer in Dayton, Ohio saw several boys racing homemade cars down a street. The newspaper sponsored a race as a promotional activity, and it became an annual event. The race soon relocated to Akron, Ohio, and became a national competition between representatives of various cities who had earned the right to compete by winning a qualifying race contest in their hometown. |
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1998 – Largest new race city in the history of the national organization – 77 registered drivers 1999 – Largest increase in participation – 108 registered drivers 2000 – 5th largest local race in the world – 115 registered drivers 2001 – Tied for 4th largest local race in the world – 121 registered drivers 2002 – 3rd largest local race in the world – 138 registered drivers 2003 to 2011 - Still the 3rd largest local race in the world!! The primary goal of Soap Box Derby is to provide young boys and girls an opportunity to spend time with a caring adult as they build their racer, to teach lessons about sportsmanship and self-confidence, and to provide kids with the thrill of competing in a racer they built themselves. Additionally, the Bowling Green Kiwanis Club uses all proceeds from the event to benefit local and national charities focused on children, in keeping with the Kiwanis mission statement “Young Children: Priority One.” Racers are no longer built from scrounged parts. The cars are now constructed from official kits purchased through our race organization. We race all three divisions: stock, super stock and masters. The stock and super stock kits contain everything necessary for construction, and can be assembled in a day. The masters kits are more challenging, but the finished product is fantastic. As an alternative to buying a new kit, a driver may secure a used car, and completely disassemble and reassemble it. Although not required, we strongly recommend that you take advantage of one of our scheduled construction clinics where we will be available to answer questions and assist you with any assembly problems.
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