DOWNHILL RACERS SOAP BOX DERBY EQUALS FUN.Byline: Marshall Allen Marshall Belford Allen (born in Louisville, Kentucky, May 25, 1924) is a free jazz and avant-garde jazz alto saxophone player. He also performs on flute, oboe, piccolo, and EVI (an electronic valve instrument made by the Akai company). Staff Writer LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE - Families came together Saturday and children put gravity to work, racing in twos down Michigan Hill in the fourth annual Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Foothills Soap Box Derby The Soap Box Derby also called coaster car race[1] is a youth soapbox car racing program which has been run nationally since 1934. World Championship finals are held each July at Derby Downs in Akron, Ohio. . The field included 58 racers divided by weight into three classes, all ages 8-17. The winners qualified to travel to Akron, Ohio Akron is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County.GR6 The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland to the north and Canton to the south, approximately 60 miles (96 km) west of , for the All-American Soap Box Derby National Finals on July 26. Coty Dietel, 11, of La Canada Flintridge, was racing for the second year. ``What I enjoy most is going downhill and looking out of the corners of my eyes,'' he said. ``It's like everything is going in fast motion.'' Using only gravity to propel pro·pel tr.v. pro·pelled, pro·pel·ling, pro·pels To cause to move forward or onward. See Synonyms at push. [Middle English propellen, from Latin their cars, racers have been clocked at up to 40 mph on Michigan Hill, located on Foothill Boulevard The following streets are named Foothill Boulevard:
Saturday's times were likely to be slower than previous years, she said, because of the cool weather. ``The hotter it is, the faster the cars go, because the wheels and bearings get warm,'' said Lisa McKeown, director of the master's division for the California Family Soap Box Derby. The race was the result of weeks of preparation for parents and children, who built their cars together from kits. ``I think it's helped us to strengthen our relationship,'' said La Canada Flintridge resident and school board member Ron Dietel, who worked with his son, Coty, to prepare for the event. The La Canada Kiwanis Club sponsors the race because it's devoted to serving kids, said volunteer Mary Gant. ``This is strictly for the children,'' she said. Below is a list of winners in Saturday's fourth annual Los Angeles Foothills Soap Box Derby. Winners in the Stock category included Sean Wheeler, 10, of Chatsworth, in first place, and Dylan Towers, 13, of Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. , in second. Kimberly McKeown, 13, of Castaic, captured first place in Super Stock, with Cody Lush, 11, of Littlerock, coming in second. In the Masters race, Kelly McKeown, 16, of Castaic, took third place, and Josh Lindner, 15, of Glendale, came in fifth. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Coty Dietel, 11, heads out of the starting block start·ing block n. 1. Sports a. An apparatus that braces a runner's feet at the start of a race, consisting of two angled supports adjustably mounted on a rigid frame that is usually anchored to the track. b. during the Greater Los Angeles Soap Box Derby in La Canada Flintridge. (2) The race is on for two entrants in the Soap Box Derby, hurtling down Foothill Boulevard. The top winner will get to race in the national event in Ohio. John Kennedy/Staff Photographer |
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