Soap Box Derby Car used by Laura Shepherd
date: label: date made
content: 1993
name: label: user
content: Shepherd, Laura
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Soap box derby car is a white fiberglass shell with a hole in the center for the driver to sit. The hole is padded with foam and photographs are pinned inside the car. The shell is rectangular in shape and pointed at both ends. There are four rubber wheels with white metal hubcaps. The car is decorated on the outside with stickers from various sponsors. This stock car was built from a kit by the donor, Laura Shephard, who went on to became the only girl to win three National Championships in three different divisions. She won her first National Championship with this car in 1994. This car is a representation of the 1992 innovation to soap box derby racing, the stock car. The entire car is built from a kit and differs from earlier cars which were built from scratch.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: soap box derby
label: level of sport
content: Amateur
label: web subject
content: Women
label: web subject
content: Children
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Larry A. and Laura Shepherd
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0137.01
label: accession number
content: 1997.0137
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0137.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: car, soap box derby
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fiberglass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 73 in x 36 in x 17 1/2 in; 185.42 cm x 91.44 cm x 44.45 cm