Cincinnati Soap Box Derby
Celebrating over 50 years of Gravity Racing in Cincinnati!
The Cincinnati Soap Box Derby is a youth racing program open to any child at least 7 year of age and 17. Children compete by driving their racers in one of two levels of gravity powered racing cars built from kits purchased from the All-American Soap Box Derby. Don't have a Derby car, no need to worry, we have plenty to borrow.
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2022 Local Champs
Congratulations to the 2022 Cincinnati Local Champs that will represent Cincinnati at the World Championship in Akron.
Stock Champ: Jack Poeder
Super Stock Champ: Veronica Yeager
2022 LOCAL RESULTS
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS!
Stock
1st Place - Jack Poeder
2nd Place - Brooklyn Moses
3rd Place - Kierstin Trent
4th Place - Jason Avitt
5th Place - Chase Moses
6th Place - Hudson Randolph
7th Place - Cadence Newberry
8th Place - Brady Newberry
Rookie of the Year - Jack Poeder
Super
1st Place - Veronica Yeager
2nd Place - Austin Randolph
3rd Place - Theresa Yeager
4th Place - Jake Woolf
5th Place - Madison Rhoden
6th Place - Otto Heckman
7th Place - Xavier Edwards
8th Place - Junior Newberry
Rookie of the Year - Xavier Edwards
OfficeKey named as 2023 Race Season sponsor
OfficeKey has pledged to remain the primary sponsor for the 2023 Cincinnati Soap Box Derby season. Their continued support of our local derby organization helps keep local kids engaged and thriving in a longtime youth sport, this donation will help create family engagement across generations.
OfficeKey’s sponsorship helps the Cincinnati Soap Box Derby maintain derby cars for the upcoming race season as well as offset race fees for the All-American local race. The company provides the space, tools, and services to help businesses establish Cincinnati offices since 1984.
2023 Race day and car sponsorships available
Promote your business this race season and provide area youth a fee-free sporting activity at the same time. Click here to see sponsorship opportunities. Please feel free to reach out and contact us if you have any questions regarding our organization.
2023 Race Schedule
May - Cincinnati Fun Run*
May 7, 2023 - TENTATIVE DATE
Free trial runs for youth interested in Soap Box Derby
Location: TBD
May - Golf Manor Grand Prix*
ALL-AMERICAN LOCAL QUALIFIER
June 18, 2023 - Cincinnati Local Derby
Location: Larch Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45224
LOCAL RACE REGISTRATION CLOSES TBD
* Non All-American Rally races
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A message from the All-American Soap Box Derby
The Soap Box Derby is a youth racing program which has run nationally since 1934. World Championship finals are held each July at Derby Downs in Akron, Ohio.
The idea of the Soap Box Derby grew out of a photographic assignment of Dayton, Ohio, newsman Myron Scott. He covered a race of boy-built cars in his home community and was so impressed with this event that he acquired a copyright for the idea and began development of a similar program on a national scale.
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