A shark, a Crocs shoe and a slinky dog will careen down a hill in Des Moines, Iowa, on June 18, racing each other and many other motorless carts around obstacles in the first Red Bull Soapbox Race ...

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TRACK. AND OUR TRACK SOAPBOX CARS FLYING BY SOME CROSSING THE FINISH LINE OTHERS HAVING A HAY DAY NAVIGATING THE TIGHT CORNERS AND JUMPING OFF THE RAMPS. IOWANS TOOK OVER THE INTERNATIONAL EVENTS AND ...

Red Bull is bringing all the thrills and spills of its extreme soapbox race back to Des Moines on Saturday, May 31. The free event's Des Moines debut in 2022 drew more than 25,000 fans to the Iowa ...

Four dads have spent the last three Saturdays of May designing and constructing a John Deere tractor-themed soapbox car for the upcoming Red Bull Soapbox race in Des Moines. The race, which has taken ...

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A couple of months ago, Treyton Turnbull didn't even know what a soapbox race was. That was until the incoming junior at Iowa State University was sent an advertisement for the May 31 Red Bull Soapbox ...

POST FALLS, Idaho- ....And they're off!!! A race unlike any other, because crossing the finish line is a small part in the overall competition that has come to be known as the Red Bull Soap Box Derby.