COLUMBIA — Hamilton, Ontario, native Al Warrington raced in the Detroit News Soap Box Derby every year from 1955 to 1957 in a field of more than 700 drivers. Two generations later, 8-year-old Rhiannon Schnetzer, his granddaughter, is days away from her first race.
Participation in Soap Box Derby spans generations
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 | 7:57 p.m. CDT;
updated 10:24 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, June 21, 2011
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