SOAP BOX DERBY
BRITAIN ENTERING THE FRAY
The Soap Box Derby craze has been taken up in England, the British Racing Drivers' Club associating itself with the Boy Scouts movement, in a contest open to every Boy Scout troop in the country. Each troop's entry is decided by heats and the winners will eventually fight the contest out at Brooklands, the Crystal Palace, or Donnington. No "car"—they are kid's trollies, of course—may cost more than 50s and each must conform to certain dimensions.* An entry of 2000 is expected. The British winner will be sent across to America to. compete in the Derby there. The American contest carries rich rewards, in the shape chiefly of educational advantages, and the finals, which take place at Akron, Ohio, attract about 50,000 spectators. There is keen State rivalry, with motoring interests playing the leading part in the organisation and control of what is really a great boys' sport.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 151, 23 December 1938, Page 5
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155SOAP BOX DERBY Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 151, 23 December 1938, Page 5
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