Windsor-Essex soapbox derby hits up Belle River Sunsplash Festival [Video]

After two years of organizing soapbox races for kids, the Windsor-Essex Soapbox Derby Association is ramping up efforts to host soapbox races for adults.

Scott Windram, who founded the non-profit organization in 2022, said soapbox racing gained popularity in the early 1950s but declined in interest in the early 2000s.

“Our goal is to bring this back, work with kids in STEM, and just have fun,” said Windram, during the soapbox derby races at the Belle River Sunsplash festival on Sunday.

Scott Windram founded the Windsor-Essex Soapbox Derby Association in 2022. (Sanjay Maru/CTV News Windsor)

“We’re definitely getting them off the computers, out of the house, and into the garage where they are working with their hands.”

Each race organized by the Windsor-Essex Soapbox Derby Association attracts about 15 to 20 participants between the ages of five and 16.

“Our daily races start with practice and qualifying races. We take …