Discovering Our History Forum Series

Join us for a night full of historic Soap Box Derby stories and the vision of the future for the International Soap Box Derby!

After 87+ successful years of the FirstEnergy All-American Soap Box Derby, the “Greatest Amateur Racing Event in the World,” a panel of long-time Soap Box Derby Historian and Public Relations Chairman Bob Troyer, Interim Executive Director Dennis VanFossen, Jr., and current racer Meredith Brown, hosted by Jasen Sokol, the official voice of Derby Downs, will discuss the History and a look towards the Future of the Soap Box Derby and its place in Akron, OH, as it builds towards its 100th year.