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A soapbox is a raised platform on which one stands to make an impromptu speech, often about a political subject. The term originates from the days when speakers would elevate themselves by standing on a wooden crate originally used for shipment of soap , or other dry goods, from a manufacturer to a retail store.
The Soap Box Derby is a youth-oriented soap box car racing program, founded in 1934 in the United States by Dayton, OH native Myron Scott, a photojournalist employed by the Dayton Daily News, and preceded by events such as Kid Auto Races at Venice in 1914.
The Soap Box Derby is a youth-oriented soap box car racing program which has been running in the United States since 1934. Proclaimed "the greatest amateur racing event in the world", the program culminates each July at the FirstEnergy All-American Soap Box Derby World Championship held at Derby Downs in Akron, Ohio , with winners from their ...
The Red Bull Soapbox Race is a soapbox race organised at least once a year by Red Bull. During its final phase, amateur pilots challenge one another by presenting hand-made , motor-less vehicles, judged for their aesthetics, their speed and their road-holding .
Myron E. Scott (September 16, 1907 – October 4, 1998) was the creator of the All-American Soap Box Derby. [1] He is also credited with naming Chevrolet's sports car, the Corvette. [2] Scott was born in Camden, Ohio.
Since 1935, the All-American Soap Box Derby has taken place in Akron, Ohio. In 1936, Akron city officials decided to build a permanent facility for the race. With the assistance of the Works Progress Administration, one of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal programs, the city completed Derby Downs, a soap box racetrack.
Children racing in a soapbox Soapbox cars at the finish line of a race A soap box derby racer from 1968. A gravity racer or soapbox car is a motorless vehicle which is raced on a downhill road either against the clock or against another competitor.
Stilled Tongues: From Soapbox to Soundbite (1997) by Stephen Coleman; The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World (2001) by Lawrence Lessig 'Only in London': Speakers' Corner, Marble Arch. Past, Present, and Future (if any). An illustrated sourcebook (2010) by Reinhard Wentz; Speaker's Corner Teacher Guide.