POTTSVILLE – Nine-year-old Elias Purcell had planned to finish out the M&T Bank Pottsville Area Soap Box Derby on Saturday, but it wasn’t meant to be. Racing for the second year, the ...

Bob Troyer, public relations chair for the International Soap Box Derby shares when and where the first race in Akron took ...

At the High Bridge 13th Annual Soap Box Derby, 11-year-old Vinny Columbus (left) in "Happy Wheeling" at the start line with 11-year-old Reilly Schanel in "Red Hot Sauce." 9 / 26.

May 20—POTTSVILLE — Nine-year-old Elias Purcell had planned to finish out the M&T Bank Pottsville Area Soap Box Derby on Saturday, but it wasn't meant to be. Racing for the second year, the ...