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

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 ...

Brenna Kilby, 12, has been racing soap box derby cars seriously for a little less than a year and she's already one of the fastest in the nation. Brenna Kilby, 12, has been racing soap box derby ...