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  • Maine Soap Box Derby Race This Weekend In Houlton ME

    Boys and girls 8 to 17 from around Maine will be climbing in to soap box derby kit cars this weekend in Houlton Maine for the big state race.

    The thrill of the hill, to pick up speed when the gate ramp launch is released, and gravity kicks in. Think it is exciting? If you were a Maine kid, going upwards thirty miles an hour in a car you built with Mom, Dad, Uncle Bob or your neighbor, big brother it is a big deal.

    Watch a Maine soap box derby race video from the Houlton Maine 2010 race below.

    If you are in the Houlton Maine, Southern Aroostook County area this weekend, June 18th, plan to watch the race at the top or bottom of Derby Hill in Community Park. This is the 16th annual Northern Maine Soap Box Derby Race coming up this weekend. But the twist is for the second year running, this race is the entire state venue. For five years straight, the Northern Maine Soap Box Derby Race has been the largest in the country for five years running.

    It is a thrill to for the racers but for the parents, car sponsors, the entire Maine community gets involved in these races from the grass roots up. I was able to go to Akron Ohio twice for the All American Soap Box Derby race running. A daughter and son won the local Houlton Maine soap box derby race and represented Northern Maine in the All American in Akron Ohio. It was an adventure, memorable sporting family event the entire family will not forget.

    Maine, family, community is everything.

    The Maine Soap Box Derby Racing program is spirited, competitive, run down hill car racing. Watch the video and follow the program. Sponsor a car, help a youngster build one. Being Mr Good Wrench explaining what an allen screw is, a wheel pin, a lock washer, a plunger brake pad looks like.

    I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME Broker
    207.532.6573
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  • Maine SoapBox Derby Video Shows The 15th Annual Down Hill Racing Event.

    Watch the Houlton Maine Soap Box derby video for the Northern ME 15th annual downhill kit car race.

    Maine boys and girls ages 8 to 17 learn “the thrill of the hill” with volunteers from Aroostook County helping put the race together year after year on a specially engineered hill at Community Park in Houlton Maine.

    Racers from around the state of Maine took part in the only race local that helps select the stock and superstock winners to go on to Akron Ohio to represent the state in the world series of All American racing. Check out the Northern Maine Soap Box Derby race site. Why wait until you are sixteen to drive a car?

    I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers
    207.532.6573
    info@mooersrealty.com

  • Northern Maine Soap Box Derby Race June 20th!

         “The Thrill Of The Hill” will for the 14th year happen June 20th. Trial

    Gravity Racing In Identical..(Almost) Kit Cars.
    Gravity Racing In Identical..(Almost) Kit Cars.

    safety runs happen the day before for soap box derby racers ages 8 to 17 in Northern Maine. The Houlton Maine derby race on Derby Hill, a specially engineered course used for spring and fall rallies too, is so easy to set up and take down. Safety is the main concern and in the past, the Aroostook County, Northern Washington / Penobscot County race was the nation’ s largest. For five years straight, upwards to 200 boys and girl stock, super stock and master racers have competed in “heats” to advance thru the race brackets to determine a Northern Maine champion for each race division. I had two racers, a son and daughter win the event in 1998, 2001 to go on to the  72nd All American national soap box derby race in Akron, Ohio. 

         At one time there were five local districts racing in Maine. It is a great experience for kids to learn about building a car with parent or big brother/sister. Skills with tools and patience needed, and friendly competition with your family cheering you on. There is a big party for racers and their families after each local race in June to celebrate and send off the winners to represent Northern Maine in Akron, Ohio’s world series of racing.

         Northern Maine which attracts racers from up to two hours away in Aroostook, Washington and Penobscot Counties has had many top competitors finish runner up to the winner in Akron, or a little further down the line in the finals proving the Houlton race is very polished and competitve. Watch the 2008 Houlton Maine derby race video. Watch the 2007 Houlton Maine derby race.

    Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers – Working, Playing, Living In Houlton ME

    Waiting to soap box derby race in the next heat to determine the winner.
    Waiting to soap box derby race in the next heat to determine the winner.
    Loaded in the gates topside, waiting for a green light and release of the gate to race.
    Loaded in the gates topside, waiting for a green light and release of the gate to race.
    Topside, ready for a green light to head to the bottom.
    Topside, ready for a green light to head to the bottom.