maybe. yeah. and in this world, a top speed could be some of the guys we race with, 88 miles an hour is common. 88? yes. you can bet those weren t the kind of speeds they were reaching back in 1933 when a dayton, ohio, news photographer named myron scott came across a group of kids with ricketky race cars cobbled together from what appeared to be old soap crates. almost immediately scott started promoting soap box races and in no time major sponsors were signing on and a brand new sport was born. with the nation in the grips of the great depression, these races were a welcome diversion and in its heyday the soap box derby drew crowds in the thousands. today kids and adults can still compete in a variety of perfectly safe soap box competitions all around the country. but this is not that. what fran and fred are doing here is motivated entirely by
would approach, what maybe high 30s. maybe. maybe. yeah. and in this world, a top speed could be some of the guys we race with, 88 miles an hour is common. 88? yes. you can bet those weren t the kind of speeds they were reaching back in 1933 when a dayton, ohio, news photographer named myron scott came across a group of kids with rickety race cars cobbled together from what appeared to be old soap crates. almost immediately scott started promoting soap box races and in no time major sponsors were signing on and a brand new sport was born. with the nation in the grips of the great depression, these races were a welcome diversion and in its heyday the soap box derby drew crowds in the thousands. today kids and adults can still compete in a variety of perfectly safe soap box competitions all around the country.