Racers from multiple states competed in sleek, gravity-powered cars during the Greater Chicago Soapbox Derby Saturday at the ...

The Herald-Mail Co. kept the winning 1939 derby car and racing helmet until the items were passed on for restoration.

“I think he’s suffering the consequences,” Eggers said of the parent. Pinewood Derby cars are carved from a small block of wood. The pack’s rules say that mercury and other liquids can’t ...

Lewis Spessard, a 15-year-old from Hagerstown, won the local Soap Box Derby in 1939 and competed in the national championship in Akron, Ohio. Spessard's winning car was donated to the Washington ...