75th Soap Box Derby this weekend

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia

Published July 20, 2012 at 12:29 PM EDT

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The All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron will celebrate its diamond anniversary this weekend. More than 400 racers will compete Saturday at Derby Downs for thousands of dollars in scholarships. Event organizers recently signed a corporate sponsor and found other new sources of revenue to help solve their budgetary problems.

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Jim Letizia

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.

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