PHOTO GALLERY: All-American Soap Box Derby brings wins, losses and crashes

June 10, 2012 | 7:10 p.m. CDT

Participants in the All-American Soap Box Derby raced Sunday. Some won, some lost and some crashed. Mayor Bob McDavid raced against Boone County Presiding Commissioner Dan Atwill.

Levi Slate, 15, coaches Kaylee Baker, 9, as she looks down the derby track during the All-American Soap Box Derby Sunday on Broadway in Columbia. Baker's crew chief, Robert Powers, places tape down her back to keep her helmet from falling in her eyes. | Carrie Durkee

Jack Harding, 11, and Jacob Acton, 11, race in the All-American Soap Box Derby super stock division Sunday on Broadway in Columbia. | Carrie Durkee

Tyler Smith, 10, crashes into a traffic cone during a heat in the super stock division of the All-American Soap Box Derby on Sunday on Broadway in Columbia. Tyler climbed out of his car saying he had difficulty getting the car to turn correctly. | Carrie Durkee

Chuck Boots, right, the race director, helps move Jordan Weltha's car into position in preparation for a Master Division race Sunday on Broadway in Columbia. Boots is not only the race director but also a crew chief for Jordan, 12. | Carrie Durkee

Columbia Mayor Bob McDavid and Boone County Presiding Commissioner Dan Atwill race as guests in the politics showdown during the youth derby Sunday on Broadway in Columbia. McDavid said it was a "friendly little match" and that "officially the county crashed and the city didn't." | Carrie Durkee