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Ferrari Hosts Soap Box Derby
Lots of people daydream of being part of Scuderia Ferrari, but the closest mere mortals can really get to living the dream is plunking down some serious coin for a Ferrari FXX. So if you're looking for a slightly cheaper way to playdress-upFormula One, perhaps you should consider joining the Scuderia Ferrari Club in Italy and entering their soap box racing league.
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Thrills! Spills! The Greater Los Angeles Soap Box Derby
Amid Saturday morning cries of "hooray for gravity", the 8th Annual Los Angeles edition of the All-American Soap Box Derby went down in close proximity to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. While most of America's race fans were parked in front of their 42" flat panel televisions for some five-hour NASCAR pre-racedrivelshow these guys were out racing and having a wicked good time. And even though we've seen plenty of equally entertaining drunken hipster versions of Soap Box Derby this was the real deal, with winners potentially moving onto the national Akron, Ohio meet in July. More »
3:00 PM on Mon Jun 4 2007
By Mike Bumbeck
2,014 views, 7 commentsLatest by Turboner: @Al Navarro: Tell them to get a TAG timing system next. I missed the last ORG rallycross due to more »
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