May 22 & 23, 2004 -- Beaumont, Texas
Please enjoy these photos from the
2004 SOUTHEAST TEXAS SOAP BOX DERBY.
The Soap Box Derby is a youth racing program for both girls and boys ages 9-16 and 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 newsman Myron Scott from Dayton, Ohio. He covered a race of boy-built cars is his home community and was so impressed with the event the he acquired a copyright for the idea and began development of a similar program on a national scale.
