All-American Soap Box Derby raceway   Save
Worster Family Soap Box Derby Collection
Description: Photograph of the raceway in use during the All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio, 1962. The first All-American Soap Box Derby race was held in Dayton, Ohio, in 1934. The race was moved to Akron in 1935. Leaders in the Akron community saw the need for the race to have a permanent location. The Works Progress Administration began construction of Derby Downs in 1936. The national competition has been held there each August ever since. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07618
Subjects: Coaster cars; Ohio Economy--Architecture and Engineering; Sports--Ohio--History; Racing; Soap box derbies--Ohio
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)