Piedmont Area Soap Box Derby Foundation

The Soap Box Derby® is an international nonprofit organization whose mission is to build knowledge and character, and to create meaningful experiences through collaboration and fair and honest competition.

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One of the largest Soap Box Derby races in the world! Piedmont Area Soap Box Derby was established in Culpeper in 2003. We have all four divisions available at our track - Stock, Super Stock, Masters, and Super Kids. Our Super Kids Division is for children who are unable to pilot a car themselves. An experienced driver takes the wheel with the Super Kid beside them as a co-pilot, and they get to experience the thrill of the hill together. We bring All-American wholesome fun to families throughout our region 

Testimonials

"Our family has reaped so many lessons and memories from derby. At a time when it is SO easy to pick up a device and tune out everything and everyone around us, derby has kept us in the present. It gave us something tangible to work on with our hands. It forced us to think and experiment and research. It introduced us to amazing people who became our friends. ... Derby taught us how to lose gracefully when we wanted to win so very much. And it taught us to win respectfully because we understood what an honor it was to take home the trophy. ... A person much wiser than I once told me that kids spell the word "LOVE" like this: T - I - M - E. It is the time that we spend with our kids that show them how important they are to us and how much we love them. Our presence in their lives is how we love. Derby has given us so much but it's this opportunity to love that is the most important." - Robbie Morris, father of four racers