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Hale, Hutchins to represent Sweetwater at AASBD |
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Written by Staff Reports
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Friday, 25 July 2008 |
Sweetwater and the Texas Midwest Soap Box Derby will be represented Saturday, July 26, at the 71st All-American Soap Box Derby world championship in Akron, Ohio.
Tylar Hale, 10, of Big Spring, will compete in the super stock division and Ryan Hutchins, 11, of Lamesa, will race in the stock division.
Over 500 participants and their families, representing 43 states and three foreign countries, have spent the week in Akron beginning with opening ceremonies on Monday, trial runs, car clinics and other events throughout the week and culminating with the championship races on Saturday.
Hale and Hutchins join only six other Texas youth who won local championship races conducted in Sweetwater, Houston, Beaumont and Plano, to compete in the 71st running of the All-American.
The races will be viewable on live Internet stream video at myFOXCleveland.com beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday.
The Soap Box Derby is a youth racing program which has run nationally since 1934. World Championship finals are held each August 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.
The first All-American race was held in Dayton in 1934. The following year, the race was moved to Akron because of its central location and hilly terrain. In 1936, Akron civic leaders recognized the need for a permanent track site for the youth racing classic and, through the efforts of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Derby Downs became a reality.
Each year since, with the exception of during World War II, youngsters from throughout the United States and several foreign countries have come to Akron with the racers they have built and driven to victory in their home communities.
For more information about the All-American Soap Box Derby, go to aasbd.com. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 28 July 2008 )
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