I-American American Soap Box Derby ngumcimbi wonyaka owawubanjelwe ngasekupheleni kukaJulayi okanye ekuqaleni kuka-Agasti kwi-Akron yase Derby Downs. Esi siganeko, esaqala ngo-1934, sivumela amakhwenkwe namantombazana aneminyaka eyi-8 ukuya kwe-17 ukuba bancintisane kwimoto eyenziwa ngamakhaya, engekho-mafutha ekufundiseni kunye nezinye iibhaso. Umcimbi wezemidlalo ujikelezwe ngeveki egcwele imisebenzi, kuquka i-parade, i-rally, kunye neentlobo ezibonakalayo.
Umxholo webhokisi leDesby Derby
I-Soap Box Derby yaqaliswa ngowe-1934 e- Dayton, eOhio ngeqela labahlobo abakhela imoto yokugijima kwiintonga zeemithi.
Umncintiswano omncintiswano wawudlulela eAkron ngo-1935, ukhankanywa ngumhlaba oqingqiweyo kunye neprojekthi yeWPA, uDerby Downs. Umncintiswano ukhangela umdlalo wemoto uChevrolet, oye waxhasa uhlanga ukususela ngo-1935 ukuya ku-1972 waza waqalisa isiko lokunikela i-scholarships njengamaphuso.
Ngelo xesha, kwi-1950s no-1960, i-Soap Box Derby yafikelela kuma-70,000 ababukeli. Umncintiswano wawunzima kwiminyaka yee-1970 emva kokuba uChevrolet ekhuphe, kodwa uye wahlaselwa ngabaxhasi abatsha kuquka i-Goodyear, i-Novar Electronics kunye noLevi Strauss.
Umncintiswano wamanje uquka amakhwenkwe namantombazana kwaye udonsa abangaphezu kwama-500 abangenayo ukusuka kumazwe angama-43 nakumazwe amathathu. Iintlanga zokufaneleka ziqhutywa kulo lonke elaseUnited States nakwamanye amazwe.
Ulwahlulo Oluthathu lwe-Soap Box Derby
I-Soap Box Derby ngokwenene imidyarho emithathu, enye kwisahluko ngasinye sesithathu. Iintlanga zibanjwe kwi-track ye-Derby Downs engama-954-foot, umzila omathathu, umzila ongqamlileyo.
Ukwahlula kubandakanye iSahlulo seStock, i-Super-Stock Division, kunye neCandelo le-Master, ngasinye sinomqobo.
I-Stock Division ivulelekile kubafana kunye namantombazana aneminyaka eyi-8 kuya kwe-14 ubudala, enesisindo esingama-110. Oku kukwahlula okulula kunye neempawu zithuthi ezenziwe kwikhithi ekulungele ukudibanisa. I-Super-Stock Division ibonisa imakhwenkwe kunye namantombazana aneminyaka eli-10 ukuya kwe-17 ubudala, enesisindo esingama-150.
Ukuguqulwa kwamancinci, kuquka ukupenda, kuvunyelwe kule mimoto. I-Master Division ichaza iimoto eziqhelekileyo, eziqhutywa ngabafana kunye namantombazana eneminyaka eli-10 ukuya kwe-17 ubudala, enesisindo esingama-170.
Iveki zeeVeki zeeVeki
Iveki ye-Soap Box Derby ibandakanya inxaxheba emininzi yemisebenzi yee-racers kunye neentsapho zabo kunye nababukeli. Ukongeza kwiintlanga, kukho i-parade ebonisa abaqhubi kunye neemoto zabo, iirekhodi, iiklinikhi, izilingo zexesha, ukubonakala kobudumi, kunye nokuhamba kwimizila efana ne- Akron Eros baseball game . Abadumileyo abadlulayo bebandakanya uJimmy Stewart, uTom Hanks kunye noMongameli uRonald Reagan.