ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO!; FAMILIES JOIN FUN OF MAKING CARS FOR RASCALS RALLY.Byline: Romy Jacobson Daily News Staff Writer Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley children ages 6 to 14 turned out in racing numbers and crash helmets Saturday to try their homemade cars in the first annual Rascals Rally Soapbox Derby and Family Fun Day held in Palmdale. The event was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Palmdale. Concession stands were operated by the Lancaster High School Lancaster High School may refer to:
``This is the first of many, hopefully,'' said Teri Jones, president of the Rotary Club of Palmdale. ``I'm excited about it. I'm pleased at the turnout.'' ``It's great. Every year it'll probably get bigger and bigger, said Lancaster resident Bill Burgess, member of the Rotary Club of Palmdale, whose 9-year-old son, Jordan, and 6-year-old daughter, Brianne, competed. ``It gets the kids involved; it gets the parents involved.'' The cars, which coast downhill and do not have engines, were made from kits that were purchased through the Rotary Club of Palmdale. The plywood board was donated by Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box . Each car was painted and assembled by the children and their families. ``I think fathers are reliving their childhood,'' said Ken Sandman Sandman induces sleep by sprinkling sand in children’s eyes. [Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 966] See : Sleep Sandman - The DoD requirements that led to APSE. , whose 9-year-old son, Shawn, competed. ``It took the whole family. We all had our own little duties to do,'' said Palmdale resident Wil Griego whose two sons, 10-year-old Austin and 7-year-old Miles raced. ``It took a lot of work. It adds value to our family - something for them to remember forever.'' The 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. , a youth racing program which has run nationally since 1934, holds its annual World Championship finals each August at Derby Downs Derby Downs, in Akron, Ohio, has been the home track of the All American Soap Box Derby since it was built as a Works Progress Administration project in the late 1930s. The three-lane asphalt track starts near the top of George Washington Boulevard and drops in a straight line down in 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 . The conception of the Soap Box Derby stemmed from a photo assignment of a Dayton, Ohio Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Montgomery County. As of the 2005 census estimate, the population of Dayton was 158,873. newsman, Myron Scott Myron E. Scott (September 16, 1907-October 4, 1998) was the creator of the All-American Soap Box Derby. He is also credited with naming Chevrolet's sports car, the Corvette. Scott was born in Camden, Ohio. , who covered a race of youth-built cars. He was so impressed by the event he decided to acquire a copyright for the idea and developed a similar program on a national scale. Tom Haney, a member of the board of directors for the Southern California Family Soap Box Derby Association, was on hand to give support to the children and encourage the Rotary Club of Palmdale to join the association. ``If we work together, there's going to be a lot of racing out here,'' Haney said. ``It's a family thing. Our family has been racing since the '40s. It's in our blood.'' CAPTION(S): 5 Photos PHOTO (1--color in AV edition only) Austin Griego, 10, top, and his brother, Myles Griego, 8, of Palmdale check the car they will ride in Palmdale's Rascals Rally Soapbox Derby. (2--color in AV edition only) Denice Martinez, 10, of Southgate, left, and Steven Dellecese, 10, of Lake Los Angeles, race in a heat of Palmdale's Rascals Rally. (3--color in AV edition only) Jordan Burgess, 9, of Lancaster rolls off a ramp at the start of his heat. The event was sponsored by Palmdale's Rotary Club. (4--color in AV edition only) Jeremy White, 14, of Lancaster. (5--color in AV edition only) April Duldulao, 14, of Lancaster. Jeff Goldwater / Daily News |
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