How Soap Box Racing Became a National Craze

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4 жыл бұрын

In 1934, soapbox racing was all the rage, as teenagers raced homemade wooden cars in their local neighborhoods. By 1936, 100,000 fans attended the finals of the National Soapbox Derby.
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@membersonlydave 10 ай бұрын

that crash in the beginning where they went into the crowd had to break some legs i mean wow

@rexjolles 3 жыл бұрын

When I was 7 I built one with my grandpa out of 50's baby carriage wheels, an old apple crate and some wood. my mom made a seat out of straw and glitter vinyl and we spray painted a red lighting bolt on it, and named it Red Lighting. Sucks I'm too big for it now, so it's sitting in my grandparent's house

@7.5Mviews 4 жыл бұрын

But the video doesn’t even explain how it became a national craze 🤷🏻‍♂️

@Tryo707 4 жыл бұрын

Was left wondering the same thing.

@jaredflynn3750 Жыл бұрын

so sad to see how this tradition died out my dad used to tell me about growing up as a kid and building soap box cars with his friends and family and racing each other and it always sounded so amazing.

@commentguy2862 4 жыл бұрын

The real "SKRRRRRRRRT!"

@mattkaustickomments 4 жыл бұрын

You can see why the soap box car was a favorite theme of the Little Rascals / Our Gang.

@Novilicious 4 жыл бұрын

Love these videos...amazing how different things are today!

@melted_cheetah 4 жыл бұрын

$2000 college scholarship hahahahahaha. That woudn't pay for a parking pass at today's colleges.

@melted_cheetah 4 жыл бұрын

@mjncad Ah, so that almost pays for 2 years at college 2019 ($20,700/yr, in-state average)

@djgdgjfhjcjgfgichkcigf Жыл бұрын

0:21 the birth of mustangs

@berlingray8058 4 жыл бұрын

I was really surprised at the beginning to see that a black boy was allowed to participate in the race. And he was almost winning too ☺

@lgbtqisahategroup9781 Жыл бұрын

It’s funny how modern propaganda compares up with actual history.

@ryanjones7681 4 жыл бұрын

That crash tho. Broken legs anyone?

@Tryo707 4 жыл бұрын

Broken legs were rare. The cars weren't terribly quick or very heavy, so the forces involved were much smaller than even the lightest of today's crashes. Broken wrists were more common as the arm had nowhere to go as the impact traveled up the body of the car.

@benjamingarlic6340 4 жыл бұрын

I was scrolling through these comments to see if anybody else noticed. Guess it wasn't too bad if they didn't mention it... but I still wouldn't want to be on the receiving end.

@blueluny 2 жыл бұрын

This is brilliant

@robertsanders339 4 жыл бұрын

Good days .. when u was poor but u got out and made something out of nothing

@longdongbongchong 4 жыл бұрын

How come so many of the men are wearing collared shirts and ties on what is probably a Saturday?

@paulmccoy5823 4 жыл бұрын

longdongbongchong because back then you dressed up if you were leaving the house. This included even like going to a baseball game. You would wear a full suit

@Tryo707 4 жыл бұрын

People used to wear suits just to fly. Dressing formal when out of the house was a societal norm and expected of the middle class. It really was a different time in so many ways.

@TheSkogarmoar Жыл бұрын

Hey! To anyone that takes the time to read this, please! If this stuff interests you and you have or know kids between 7-20. Please look into getting them racing. This sport is slowly dying and I think it’s because nobody really knows it’s still going on today! This July will be the 85th Annual Race in Akron! Come out and watch! If you want to know more, just comment here and I’ll help you the best I can.

@ZEGTHEFISH Жыл бұрын

Narrowly avoiding a crash... as the two carts pile into the crowd of bystanders

@comfybricks2309 4 жыл бұрын

Can't believe this was an actual nationwide craze

@mlalbaitero 4 жыл бұрын

There wasn't much else to do

@Tryo707 4 жыл бұрын

Better than Pokemon go. Kids learned to build things and spent time outside. Though I am not sure I would have participated. I had other interests at that age.

@----m 3 жыл бұрын

@@Tryo707 dude im like 15 and i totally agree with u

@mattkaustickomments 4 жыл бұрын

Good clean fun.

@Lisa1111 4 жыл бұрын

Was Samantha & Darren Stephens there? Careful!

@1graham273 4 жыл бұрын

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

@TheSaint135 4 жыл бұрын

"Herbert wins a $2000 college scholarship" thanks to the federal reserve and other private banks, nowadays you can barely buy the books for that money.

@halloumi8193 3 жыл бұрын

The money is worth more now Roughly 20,000

@Jimaybob 3 жыл бұрын

The federal reserve has actually done quite a lot to suppress inflation

@lgbtqisahategroup9781 Жыл бұрын

@@halloumi8193 I wonder why.