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75th All-American Soap Box Derby Winners, Two From Area Featured

Written by  Mike Ward
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Two area racers came away as national champions at the 75th Annual FirstEnergy All-American Soap Box Derby at Derby Downs in Akron.

The derby reports that 14 year-old Freddy Atchison of Cuyahoga Falls took the Masters Rally division. And Maddie Minch of Strongsville took the Masters division championship.

Other winners hailed from Vallejo, California, St. Clairsville, Ohio, Madison, Wisconsin, and Cloverdale, Indiana.

The complete list:

Stock - Alexander Khachigian, of Tuolumne (Vallejo), CA
Super Stock - Kallie Myers, of St. Clairsville, OH
Masters - Maddie Minch, of Cleveland Suburban, OH

Stock Rally - Logan Maves, of Madison, WI
Super Stock Rally - Nick Zimmerman, of Cloverdale, IN
Masters Rally - Freddy Atchison, of Cuyahoga Falls, OH

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On the Web: 75th Annual All-American Soap Box Derby Race Week, aaraceweek.com

All-American Soap Box Derby Twitter feed, twitter.com/aasbdorg

 

Last modified on Saturday, 21 July 2012 16:14
Mike Ward

Mike Ward

Mike Ward has been a radio news reporter and anchor for over 20 years, for a variety of stations in Ohio, Virginia, and California. For seven years, he was a news reporter and anchor for Sacramento's top-rated news/talk station, KFBK, and was also news director for WFIR in Roanoke, Virginia.  He's also been heard on Cleveland stations. Mike has a special interest in technology, and was a regular on the nationally syndicated radio show "On Computers with Gina Smith". Despite his out-of-area experience, Mike is an Akron native. He was born at Akron City Hospital, and grew up in Cuyahoga Falls. He's been with AkronNewsNow since 2009. You can  reach Mike through the newsroom at 330-864-6397, or by email mward@rcrg.net.

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