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| Date: | 08 17 1963 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Grand Champion soap box coaster crossing the finish line. |
| Date: | 07 27 1947 |
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| Description: | Pictured left to right: Robert Hecklinger, District Manager Chevrolet Motor Company; LeRoy Young, runner up; Lawrence Brilliott, father of city champion Di... |
| Date: | 07 24 1949 |
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| Description: | A crowd looks on as boys in derby cars await the start of the Madison Soap Box Derby at the starting gate on East Gorham Street. |
| Date: | 07 12 1950 |
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| Description: | Organizers of the 1950 Madison Soap Box Derby gather around a table while examining papers. Pictured left to right, front row, are: Glenn "Pat" Holmes, Joh... |
| Date: | 07 28 1957 |
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| Description: | Madison Junior Boy Scout Drum & Bugle Corps march in the pre-Soap Box Derby race parade on East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 07 20 1952 |
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| Description: | The starter, Glen (Pat) Holmes ,is holding the checkered flag at the starting ramp of the Soap Box Derby on Gorham Street as two cars prepare to take off. ... |
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| Description: | All-American Soap Box Derby at Derby Downs. "Scene showing main entrance to Derby Downs." |
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| Description: | Drivers and passengers stand on the dirt track at Oriental Park Racetrack before an automobile race. On the left is a grandstand with spectator. Oriental P... |
| Date: | 07 20 1952 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of nine Madison street department workers who have prepared the derby hill for the Soap Box Derby for the past seven years. Kneeling, left t... |
| Date: | 07 18 1952 |
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| Description: | The thirteen-member behind-the-scenes crew who make the Madison Soap Box Derby possible gathered on the steps of Law Park prior to making final arrangement... |
| Date: | 08 1951 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of spectators in the grandstands at Derby Downs watching three racers participate in the All-American Soap Box Derby. |
| Date: | 07 23 1949 |
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| Description: | View from behind of a soap box racer in the starting gate at the top of the E. Gorham Street hill between N. Butler and N. Pinckney Streets. A man with a f... |
| Date: | 07 19 1953 |
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| Description: | Two soap box racers leave the starting gate on their way down the hill on S. Midvale Boulevard. A few spectators can be seen on both sides of the starting ... |
| Date: | 07 28 1946 |
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| Description: | Paul R. Anderson of DeForest winning the final heat of the 1946 Madison soap box derby in his car the "Green Hornet." The race was held on Gorham street. ... |
| Date: | 03 06 1961 |
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| Description: | The Madison Quarter Midget Auto Racing Club plans its 1961 racing season. Officers of the club, left to right, are: Marlyn Gallagher, secretary-treasurer; ... |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Danica Patrick, the most successful woman in American open-wheel racing. After 2010 she made the switch from IndyCar racing ... |
| Date: | 07 1983 |
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| Description: | View from the stands of an automobile race at Road America near Elkhart Lake. Large striped tents are in the background on the right. |
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