This year marks the 75th running of the All-American Soap Box Derby, an Akron institution that has left a stream of colorful memories in its wake.
In honor of the event’s milestone, here are 75 facts about the derby:
Its origin
1. The derby was inspired by neighborhood boys racing homemade cars on a Dayton street in 1933. When Dayton Daily News photographer Myron Scott spotted them, he convinced his newspaper to sponsor a citywide race. On race day, 40,000 spectators turned out to watch 362 kids race cars built of orange crates, sheet tin and baby buggy wheels  … More
A judge has overturned a ruling that allowed a California woman to collect nearly $10,000 from Honda in small-claims court because her vehicle received lower-than-advertised fuel economy.
Heather Peters sued American Honda Motor Co. after achieving far less than the 50 miles per gallon she expected from her 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid, and improbably won a $9,867.19 judgment against the company in February.
Although he said Honda’s advertising slogans amounted to “sales puffery,†Judge Dudley W. Gray II said in his Tuesday reversal that they did not make specific MPG promises. His ruling noted that  … More
Started out as just a collection of snaps as I stripped down an engine bought off ebay. (To replace my old engine, which had suffered catastrophic failure). The snaps were so that I remembered how everything went, so I could put it back together again.
Then I realised it’d be quite cool to make it an animation. found some suitable music, rekindled my ancient knowledge of Premiere, storyboarded it, shot it as I worked on the engine (my poor DSLR got covered in engine oil), this was the result.
This year marks the 75th running of the All-American Soap Box Derby, an Akron institution that has left a stream of colorful memories in its wake.