geekus.org Images copyright Dan Haskell 2002

Adult Soap Box Derby 2003

Every year these people get together to race their creations down an extinct volcano (Mt Tabor) in Portland, Oregon. It's called the "Adult Soap Box Derby." Look carefully, do these people look like adults???

Note: The 2008 Derby is on schedule for Aug 16th. First runs at 10am! Their website will return shortly.

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About two seconds later this car crashed, taking a bale of hay and two spectators for a surprise ride down a steep embankment and into the blackberries. Too bad, they had top score at the time...

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The EMS people came quickly to the rescue. Nobody was seriously hurt.

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Not sure what happend here, but she doesn't look like she's in pain...