Jonathan Bergmueller
Soap Box Derby racers finished assembling their racing vehicles in anticipation of race day a month out.
The construction workshop, hosted at the Penn Woods Bancorp. building in South Williamsport on Saturday, allowed children racing in the event, accompanied by their adult “handler,” to construct the soap box “stock” car.
Each of the 64 participating children who attended the workshop left with a stock car that has been teched for safety and is able to be practiced at home.
The fate of the race, which will take place on the Market Street hill on June 12, was previously left up in the air after the coronavirus pandemic impounded racers last summer.