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Northern Maine Soap Box Deby Race In Houlton Maine Is June 21st!

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Real Estate Agent with MOOERS REALTY ME Broker License 106759
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Year 13 for the Northern Maine Soap Box Derby race on Derby Hill. 

Youngsters 8 to 17 learn "the thrill of the hill" with gravity racer stock, super stock and master race kit cars.

Houlton Maine's 2008 race is June 21st.

My daughter Amanda and son Alex won different years during the five year largest racederby racer,congratulate winner,northern maine soap box derby reign.  Close to 200 cars raced during the 1998 and 2001 years! Consider sponsoring a car in your local and if thee is not one, start one. Watch the video I threw together from 2007's race on You Tube!

 

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Largest race in country five years running.

 

 

Visit the Northern Maine Soap Box Derby site!

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Lee Jinks
Jinks Realty - McAllen, TX
cool!  I would have loved this as a kid, but we have no hills where I grew up and live.
Mar 21, 2008 04:04 PM
Bill Sauneuf
John L. Scott Real Estate / Yelm - Mount Vernon, WA
Looks like a BLAST!!!  Must feel like he's sitting on a rocket!
Mar 22, 2008 04:01 AM
Andrew Mooers | 207.532.6573
MOOERS REALTY - Houlton, ME
Northern Maine Real Estate-Aroostook County Broker
Kids get pretty cranked up...no engine...vibration of weights in car...these cars with driver weigh 230 pounds so they sail!
Mar 22, 2008 08:08 AM
Rich Dansereau
Positive Real Estate Professionals - Knoxville, TN
What a great event! I have never seen one of these in person, only on TV or in the movies. What fun! Dads get to be kids and kids get to be kids!
Mar 22, 2008 09:44 AM
Andrew Mooers | 207.532.6573
MOOERS REALTY - Houlton, ME
Northern Maine Real Estate-Aroostook County Broker
Akron Ohio is a neat trip for the whole family too. Hot in July but three lanes of fun. Start one in your area..bet there is one in Atlanta.
Mar 23, 2008 11:35 AM
J Manno
Summit Realty Group, Inc. - Newport Beach, CA

 

That looks like so much fun...I wish I was a kid again.

Mar 26, 2008 02:50 AM
Anonymous
Arthur

I did soapbox derby two consecutive years growning up. Building the car was much more fun than the actual races. Even with a relatively steep hill where we held our races, the speeds were on the slow side.

When I raced there were a couple of kids that built their cars using the body kits that were available. From the video above, it looks like a lot of the kids built cars with those bodies. I built my cars myself except for assistance with a few of the more dangerous steps. It was a great learning experience.

 If anyone gets their kids into this, don't use the body kits. It takes half of the fun of building the car away.

Mar 28, 2008 03:08 PM
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