I-All-American Soap Box Derby ngumcimbi wonyaka owawubanjwa ngasekupheleni kukaJulayi noma ekuqaleni kuka-Agasti emgqeni we-Akron wase Derby Downs. Lo mcimbi, owaqala ngo-1934, uvumela abafana namantombazane abaneminyaka eyi-8 kuya ku-17 ukuba bancintisane emotweni eyenziwe ngamakhemikhali, engenawo ama-motor for scholarships kanye neminye imiklomelo. Umcimbi womncintiswano ugozwe isonto eligcwele imisebenzi, kufaka phakathi umbukiso, umbukiso, nokubukeka komuntu odumile.
Umlando we-Soap Box Derby
I-Soap Box Derby yaqalwa ngo-1934 e- Dayton, e-Ohio ngeqembu labangane abakha izimoto zokugibela emotweni.
Umncintiswano omusha wawudlulela e- Akron ngo-1935, ukhangwa indawo yezindawo ezihamba kahle kanye nomsebenzi we-WPA, uDerby Downs. Umncintiswano wakhangisa umkhiqizi wemoto uChevrolet, owasekela umncintiswano kusukela ngo-1935 kuze kube ngu-1972 futhi waqala isiko lokunikeza ama-scholarships njengamiklomelo.
Ngesikhathi sawo, phakathi neminyaka yama-1950 nango-1960, iSoap Box Derby yabhekana nababukeli abangu-70,000. Umncintiswano waba nzima phakathi neminyaka yama-1970 ngemuva kokuba uChevrolet aphume, kodwa ubuye baxhaswa ngabaxhasi abasha kuhlanganise neGoodyear, Novar Electronics, noLevi Strauss.
Umncintiswano wamanje uhlanganisa bobabili abafana namantombazane futhi udonsela abangenayo abangaphezu kuka-500 abavela emazweni angu-43 nakwamanye amazwe amathathu. Izinhlanga ezifanelekayo zenziwa kuwo wonke ama-United States nakwamanye amazwe.
Izigaba ezintathu ze-Soap Box Derby
I-Soap Box Derby empeleni inhlanga ezintathu, eyodwa ngayinye yezigaba ezintathu. Izinhlanga ziqhutshwa ithrekhi yeDerby Downs engamamitha angu-954, umzila ongu-3, ithrekhi eqondile ephansi.
Izigaba zihlanganisa i- Stock Division, i-Super-Stock Division, ne- Master Division, ngasinye sinemingcele yabo.
I-Stock Division ivulekile kubafana namantombazane eneminyaka engu-8 kuya kwengu-14 ubudala, esilinganisa amapremu angu-110. Lona ukuhlukaniswa okulula futhi kubonisa izimoto ezenziwe kusukela ku-kit ekulungele ukuhlangana. I-Super-Stock Division ibonisa abafana namantombazane eneminyaka engu-10 kuya kwengu-17 ubudala, esilinganisweni esingamakhilogremu angu-150.
Ukuguqulwa okuncane, kufaka phakathi upende, kuvunyelwe kulezi zimoto. I-Master Division ihlanganisa izimoto ezizimele, eziqhutshwa abafana namantombazane ezineminyaka engu-10 kuya kwengu-17 ubudala, ezilingana namakhilogremu angu-170.
Imicimbi yeviki yamaRace
Iviki le-Soap Box Derby lihlanganisa imisebenzi eminingana yama-racers nemindeni yabo kanye nababukeli. Ngaphezu kwezinhlanga, kunombukiso ophethe abashayeli nezimoto zabo, umhlangano, imitholampilo, izivivinyo zesikhathi, ukubonakala kobudumi, nokuhamba ngezinyawo ezikhangisweni ezifana ne- Akron Eros baseball game . Amakhosi odlule abekhona ahlanganisa uJimmy Stewart, uTom Hanks, noMongameli uRonald Reagan.