• 2011 RACE SEASON
• KCSBD PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN
• ROOKIE DAYS/CONSTRUCTION & DRIVING CLINICS
• MASTERS DIVISION IS BACK AT OUR AA LOCAL!
• 2011 KCSBC OFFICERS
• BOARD MEETINGS
• REGIONAL RACING EVENTS
  

2011 RACE SEASON AROUND THE CORNER

Begin marking your calendars for the upcoming 2011 Soap Box Derby race season.  Kansas City will be hosting three rally weekends this year as well as our All-American Local Race.  You will also want to set aside time to attend at least one of our Construction/Driving Practice clinics this spring.  Here is a list of Kansas City events:

• April 30 - Rookie Day/Construction/Driving Clinic at the track

• May 1 - Rookie Day/Construction/Driving Clinic at the track

• May 7 - Rookie Day/Construction/Driving Clinic at the track

• May 21-22 - Spring Rally (AA) (Saturday double/single elimination races. Sunday double elimination race.)

• June 18 - Kansas City All-American Local Race and Banquet

• July 2-3 - Cowtown Rally (NDR)

• September 24-25 - Fall Rally (NDR)

All of our Kansas City Soap Box Derby events are listed on our website, kcsbd.com, on the 'Calendar' page. 

KC SOAP BOX DERBY PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN

New Publicity Director, Debbie Edwards, has been carrying out an ambitious campaign to get the word out about Soap Box Derby racing to area families.  The KCSBD has already hosted displays at the Boy Scout Pinewood Derby Rallies at Cabela's and at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Lee's Summit.  We also had a booth at the KC Remodeling and Garden Show at the American Royal Feb. 11-13.  This year we will be returning to the KC Auto Show on March 2-6 at Bartle Hall.  We also plan to have a display at the KC Home, Lawn & Garden Show March 25-27.  We need to have volunteers manning our booths at each event.  If you would like to help out, please contact Debbie Edwards at debedw@aol.com or 913-393-4889.  Or, check for emails from Debbie asking for your help.

ROOKIE DAYS/

CONSTRUCTION & DRIVING CLINICS

This year we will be holding all of our Construction and Driving Clinics at our track at 4600 Eastern Ave.  See map.  In addition to being Construction & Driving Clinics, these will also be Rookie Days targeting kids and their families interested in Soap Box Derby.  We will be issuing 'tickets' at each of our publicity events (described above) for the opportunity to test drive a Soap Box Derby car on our hill.  We will have soap box derby cars available for any boy or girl age 7 to 20 to try out.  Of course, new drivers never start out from the top of the hill.  We always make sure that each driver fits in the car properly and can reach the brake pedal.  Then we take them part way down the hill and let them coast to the bottom.  If we feel they can handle it, we gradually let them start out higher and higher on the hill until they are ready to start from the top.  A fully weighted car, released from the top of the hill, will reach close to 30 mph at the finish line.  Drivers who can drive successfully from the top of the hill will be issued an Official KC Soap Box Derby Driver's License.

Besides being Rookie Days, these will also be Construction Clinics where we will cover how to assemble your car and especially any new building rules that have been made over the winter.  Therefore these clinics are highly recommended for both first time racing families and experienced racers.  We suggest first time builders bring their car kits unassembled to the clinic so we can help you to properly position your driver in his/her car.  Current racers must update their cars to current rules.

The Rookie Day/Construction/Driving Clinic dates and times are:

• Saturday, April 30, 10am to 6pm

• Sunday, May 1, 10am to 6pm

• Saturday, May 7, 10am to 6pm

Additionally, we plan to have some USED CARS FOR SALE.  If you have a used car that you would like to sell, please bring it to the clinics.

MASTERS DIVISION IS BACK AT OUR ALL-AMERICAL LOCAL!

For the first time in a few years, we will be including the Masters Division at our local race this year.  Actually, what will be happening is that we will be hosting the Region IV All-American Local Race for the Masters Division.  All Masters cars in the Region IV area will come to Kansas City to compete.  In recent years there have been fewer Masters car builders, so many race cities have not been able to come up with the required field of 6 Masters cars to have an official AA Local Race for the Masters Division.  Region IV Directors have decided hold a Masters race for the entire region.  Each year the Region IV Masters race will rotate to a different city in Region IV.  KC gets to hold the first Region IV Masters Local Race!  We hope to have an exciting race and that, if you are considering participating in the Masters Division, you will start building your car right away!

2011 KC SOAP BOX DERBY OFFICERS