Topic: Upcoming Event & Opportunity!
The Portland Adult Soap Box Derby will happen again this year on August 15th on Mt. Tabor.
I think that this might make a great club event and perhaps stimulate interest in building an entry. I see a tie in to what we all seem to enjoy doing and if nothing else, it would make a great social event. The races themselves are kind of free wheeling and wacky, but the course is challenging, fast and over a mile in length. We could get sponsors and share driving rights according to guts, effort and resources expended in the creation of an entry. A NASTE entry would be VERY cool and a hell of a lot of fun to design, build and race, not to mention put our clubs name out there in a really BIG way once a year. Thousands attend. We HAVE experts in automotive design, mechanics and racing skills. Its a natural and we could use the same car year after year
.The entry deadline for this year was in April, but I would like to organize a club "field trip" to this years event and see what, if anything, develops. If nothing else, it is a fun outing on a topic that is dear to our members hearts - racing and having fun. I would be happy to drive my 7 passenger van.
If everyone that actively participated and wanted to race got a chance to, I guarantee it would be the thrill of a lifetime !!
Their website is Portland Adult Soap Box Derby
Sincerely,
Dennis Hart
