Evening star., 1939-07-16
Carl Cederstrand
To Tune Up Coaster
For Derby atAkron
Large D. c. Delegation
Expected to Watch
Race August Is
By ROBERT A. ERWIN.

The white streamliner that Carl
Cederstrand, IL, piloted to a close
victory in Washington's second Soap
Box Derby will be tuned up this
week in preparation for the sixth
running of the All-American Soap
Box Derby at Akron, Ohio, Sunday,
August 13.
A large delegation of Washington
Derby fans, including some OF the
boys who raced for honorS here, is
expected to 60 to Akron over the
second week end in August to see
boys from l25 cities race at the IA
nous Derby Downs track and to root
for Carl to win the national cham
pionship.
Black and white will be the colors
that will carry the hopes OF both
Carl, a small, blond youth, who
lives at 3719 Appleton street NV,
and the National Capital.
His white coaster racer, trimmed
with black only around the front
base and the cockpit, will acquire
more black paint this week when
the names of The Evening Star
and Washington, D. c., are lettered
on each side. The seal Of the Amer
lean Legion, which, with The Star,
sponsored the Washington Derby,
will be placed on the back of the
racer.
Runner-Up Roots for Carl.
Carrs tuning activities will be con-
fined to necessary repairs and ad-
justments, including Tightening
steering and brake units. oiling the
wheels and sprucing it up bit. The
program will include soap and wa
ter bath for the white oilcloth COW
ering to remove dirt acquired in the
local Derby week ago yesterday.
One of Carl's rooters is Clark B.
Stewart. IA, of 312 Elm street, Chevy
Chase. Md, who lost to Carl by a
hairline margin in the finals on the
Massachusetts avenue track, fast
downhill course in the block west
Of Ward Circle.
The champions car will be
shipped to Akron a week ahead Of
the National Derby, and on the day
before the big event, Carl and
other city champions will make
safety test runs over the fast Derby
Downs course which accommodates
more than 100000 spectators.
Carl will be quartered at the May
flower Hotel during his stay in
Akron. The 125 Derby winners will
have their own suites of rooms on
the top floor of the hotel In fact,
they will be treated like kings from
the time of their arrival until they
leave the day after the National
and International Soap Box Derbies
Expanded Prize List.
Carl will be accompanied to Akron
by his father, Carl Cederstrand, an
architect In the Indian Bureau.
Their expenses will be paid by The
Star.
An expanded prize list will await
the champions in Akron. The four
year State university scholarship for
which city winners have competed
five times in past years is still the
top prize, but in addition to a
sedan which has been second-place
prize in the past, two midget motor
cars, especially designed for boys,
will be awarded third and fourth
place winners.
AS many as 13 boys may share in
the awards at Akron. For the first
time, there will be a trophy for sixth
place winner. Special awards include
the c. F. Kettering Trophy for the
best-designed car, trophies for the
best upholstered car, the car with
the best designed brakes and the
winner of the fastest heat. There
will be trophies for first, second and
third place winners in the Interna-
tional Derby.
In addition to the prizes for the
boys, there are first, second and
third place plaques for the newspa-
pers sponsoring the three top drivers
Track Improved.
During the past year the Derby
Downs track near Akron Airport
has been considerably improved
with accommodations for a larger
crowd and new subway beneath
the track to prevent crossings while
the race is in progress.
The national course is 1,183 feet
long and is completely fenced In,
with skirt boards along the track.
Carl will receive at Akron his final
prize for the Washington champion
ship, gold wrist watch bearing the
Derby emblem, which will be
awarded at the annual banquet for
champions August 13. when a new
national winner will be crowned to
succeed Bobby Berger of Nebraska
City, Nebr.